Death Row

Jordan was sentenced to death in 1976 for kidnapping and killing a bank loan officer's wife in a violent ransom scheme.

Killer, who spent over 30 years on Tennessee's death row, was executed for the murders of his estranged wife and her two sons.

The Utah Supreme Court found "numerous constitutional violations" during the trial of a man who spent decades on death row.

Areli Escobar had support for a new trial from the same prosecutors who once secured his conviction.

Hoffman Jr. was executed Tuesday night by nitrogen gas, the first time the state has used the method.

Six death row inmates have been executed in the U.S. so far this year, compared to two by this time last year.

Brad Keith Sigmon was executed by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday.

Brad Sigmon, 67, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001, is scheduled to be executed on March 7.

Richard Tabler was executed by lethal injection in Texas on Thursday.

James Ford was executed by lethal injection in Florida on Thursday.

Steven Nelson was executed by lethal injection in Texas on Wednesday. He was executed at 6:50 p.m. CST.

The death row inmate was convicted of murder in 2002 and is scheduled to be killed by lethal injection on Friday.

Texas inmate Cesar Hernandez details the execution day for Ramiro Gonzales in an essay for the Prison Journalism Project.

Rejon Taylor told Newsweek that he had received notice he would be transferred to ADX Florence, a "supermax" facility known for its harsh conditions.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from a historic ruling in the case of a woman on death row for murder.

After over two decades of imprisonment for killing her husband, Brenda Andrew's team now argue prosecutors used sexist tactics to influence the jury.

Ziegler's attorneys say DNA evidence proves Zeigler didn't commit the murders of his wife and in-laws that landed him on death row almost five decades ago.

I likely faced execution under Trump. Biden still has time to do the right thing. Life without parole remains an egregious injustice.

Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis have filed emergency petitions seeking to block the commutations of their death sentences.

Tennessee is citing confidentiality laws intended to protect the identities of individuals involved in executions.

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper commuted death row inmate Christopher Roseboro's sentence to life without the possibility of parole.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a motion which made it possible for death row inmate Robert Roberson not to be allowed to testify.

"When you hear the acts of each, you won't believe that he did this," Trump said.

Joe Biden believes the death penalty "must stop" at the federal level, except for those guilty of terrorism and mass murder motivated by hate, the White House said.

Biden is commuting the death sentences of all but three of the men on federal death row.

An earlier subpoena ended up delaying Roberson's Oct. 17 execution, which was tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board unanimously voted against recommending clemency for Kevin Underwood days before his execution.

Biden is facing calls to commute the sentences of 40 men on death row to prevent a spree of executions once Trump takes office.

Oklahoma death row inmate Kevin Underwood's clemency hearing was stayed by a federal court on Monday.

Missouri executed death row inmate Christopher Collings on Tuesday for the 2007 rape and murder of Rowan Ford.