A state district court judge is challenging a reprimand stemming from a legal dispute with the Harris County District Attorney's Office over her handling of a death row inmate's brain scan in Houston.

The New Hampshire House of Representatives will vote on whether to resurrect New Hampshire’s death penalty Thursday. House Bill 1413, sponsored by Belmont Republican Rep. Douglas Trottier, seeks to

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring 20 inmates with commuted death sentences to the nation’s highest security federal prison.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's plans to relocate former death row inmates to a supermax prison.

“Once the vote was done, I managed to lift my head off the table, only to drop my face into my palms and weep.”

"It was like the joy of clemency all over again,” Rejon Taylor, whose death sentence was commuted by Joe Biden, told Newsweek.

I recall reading articles about prisoners who suffered horribly for minutes prior to dying, while undergoing a death

The Idaho Department of Correction announced that the death row inmate died of natural causes at a local hospital.

With an execution date set for March 3, Billy Leon Kearse is making a final stand before the Florida Supreme Court. His legal team filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on February 15, 2026, presenting fresh evidence that they argue makes his death sentence unconstitutional.