A Death Row prisoner whose final meal demand featured steaks, burgers, and a "pound of chicken" declined to consume the feast for a peculiar reason. Lawrence Brewer created history not only with his ...

OKLAHOMA DEATH ROW INMATE TRAMAINE WOOD WAS JUST SAVED FROM EXECUTION AT THE LAST MINUTE. A DRAMATIC MOVE FROM GOVERNOR KEVIN ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. North Carolina maintains the death penalty but hasn't executed anyone since 2006. Legal challenges have created a de facto moratorium ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The Utah Supreme Court has announced when their decision will come down about whether long-time death row inmate Ralph Menzies will die by firing squad, or whether he’ll live ...

An inmate on death row at Central Prison in Raleigh works on a letter in a common area in one of the four pods on death row in 2004. Inmates on death row wear red to signify they are on death row.

A death row inmate who suffers from dementia, brain damage and heart failure has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme court asking to stay his execution set for Aug. 5. Byron Black, 68, has been on ...

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about the lives of death row inmates at the Polunsky Unit here and a first-person account from a reporter who ...

Across Bangladesh’s prisons, thousands of death row inmates live under the shadow of the noose. For most, execution never comes. Yet they remain in solitary confinement for years, even decades ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. A 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, Iryna Zarutska, was fatally stabbed on Aug. 22 on the light rail line in Charlotte’s South End.