Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Convicted killer Wade Wilson's journey to Florida's death row is documented in detail in the new Paramount+ docuseries "Handsome ...

Clarence Jordan, who was sentenced to death in 1978, is currently housed at the Estelle Unit in Huntsville. Credit: Screenshot A 1977 convenience store robbery that resulted in a clerk’s death landed ...

The 47 women on death row and thousands of others serving life terms face treatment that advocates say is often harsher than ...

What if death row prisoners participated in political debate? Do people sentenced to death agree with Gov. Mike DeWine? He ...

I first met William Noguera in June 2013 when he was on San Quentin’s Death Row in San Quentin, California. I was led into a cage where there was a small table and two chairs among other cages with ...

You've been waiting for this moment for years, and now that it's here, you just wish you had a little more time. In today's dark new death row video we are counting down the last 60 minutes of a death ...

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about how the system works here and a firsthand account from a reporter who witnessed an execution here.

Chuck Thompson has been on Texas Death Row for 27 years and is set to be executed in January. Credit: April Towery For Charles Victor Thompson, the one constant in his life has been the almost three ...

The execution of a death row inmate was dramatically halted just days after he ordered his last meal. Stacey Humphreys, 52, was scheduled to be executed via lethal injection today for the murders of ...

Florida’s death row inmates spend 23 hours a day in their 6-by-9 foot cells, passing time by watching TV on prison-issued devices, reading books or magazines, studying their case files or writing ...

Death penalty cases cost taxpayers significantly more than cases where inmates serve life sentences. Capital cases are more expensive due to lengthy trials, extensive appeals, and specialized housing ...