Francis Clifford Smith was given what was supposed to be his last meal an extraordinary eight times during his decades in custody. Each time his execution approached, it was called off. Smith spent 76 years under sentence and more than 70 of them behind bars.

Arkansas death row inmate Eric Reid agreed to life in prison on Oct. 26 after being sentenced to death for killing his wife and daughter.

An order from South Carolina’s high court created the possibility that Donnie Council could leave death row. But in the 18 years since that ruling, his lawyers haven’t tried to get him

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed his record-tying 19th death warrant of the year, this one for an inmate who killed his cellmate as an escape to better jailhouse conditions given to death row prisoners.

Author Lawrence Wright thought he knew the Texas justice system. But a closer look at the lives of women on death row made him question who deserves the death penalty.

One of Florida’s longest-serving death row inmates has been spared from execution amid reports he is suffering from dementia – 50 years after he was convicted of a torture murder. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis withdrew William Thompson’s death warrant on Thursday – just five days before the 74-year-old killer’s scheduled execution for what cops at the time called Miami-Dade’s “meanest murder.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California Governor Gavin Newsom is seriously weighing whether to commute the sentences of the hundreds of inmates on death row in the state before leaving office in January, according ...

As the United States government prepares to execute Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, bringing the death penalty debate back into the national limelight, the state of Arkansas announced Monday that one of its own death row inmates will instead receive a life sentence.

Moments prior to being executed, death row inmates are given the chance to say their last words. What do they choose to talk about? Death row inmates' last statements have been content analyzed by researchers. In one study, the researcher (me) identified ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is reportedly considering commuting sentences for 563 death row inmates, sparking fierce backlash from victims' families.