Pointing to his obesity and other medical conditions, lawyers for Death Row inmate Michael Tanzi are trying to halt his ...

Capital punishment in Japan is under scrutiny again after the world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, was ...

Since his teenage years, Koji Hayashi has dreaded one thing: his stubborn, once-vivacious mother being hanged for murder ...

The Indiana Department of Correction (DOC) offered a new but tiny glimpse into Indiana’s efforts to resume executions, ...

When 67-year-old Brad Sigmon was put to death on March 7 in South Carolina for the murder of his then-girlfriend’s parents, ...

Jonathan Monk was sentenced to death for the 2017 murders of Justin Smith, Wendy Shannon, Geoffrey Howe and Veronica Darden.

A Florida bill making its way through the Legislature this month could change how the state implements the death penalty.

Iwao Hakamada, wrongfully convicted of murder, spent over four decades on death row before being awarded $1.4 million for his ...

He spent 46 years on death row, making him the world's longest-serving death row inmate. In a latest decision the Shizuoka ...