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COLUMBIA, S.C.—A man who spent nearly two decades on South Carolina’s death row for killing two people has been granted life in prison without parole two years after a federal ...

A Texas inmate is facing imminent execution even though the victim’s sister and religious leaders have asked authorities ...

HOUSTON—Plagued by mental illness, Texas death row inmate Andre Thomas started hearing voices when he was 9 years ...

The state of Oklahoma is suing the Federal Bureau of Prisons over the bureau's refusal to transfer a ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Toforest Johnson, 49, has spent half his life on Alabama’s death row for the murder of a ...

OKLAHOMA CITY—Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday rejected clemency for a man facing execution this week for the ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A Tennessee death row inmate convicted of a 1994 slaying can pursue arguments that he is intellectually ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday granted a stay of execution for a woman who was ...

A gifted UK student overcame incredible odds facing homelessness as a teen and going to school; she has ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas—A 61-year-old Texas inmate was set to be executed on Jan. 30, for killing a Houston police ...

LAS VEGAS—A twice-convicted murderer who had repeatedly said he wanted to die by lethal injection was found dead ...

A lawsuit challenging Alabama’s lethal injection procedure took an unexpected turn after eight inmate plaintiffs asked to be ...