The Democratic governor said the state’s “system for administering the death penalty is a failure.” ...

Michael Taylor was supposed to die by breathing in nitrogen gas. In an unusual move, Alabama said it would instead use lethal ...

Alabama death row inmate Michael Shannon Taylor was executed by lethal injection Nov. 5 at William C. Holman Correctional ...

Three inmates were executed by lethal injection in Indiana, Florida and Alabama on the same day, only the second time that ...

The state of Alabama carried out its third execution of 2026 on Nov. 5, putting Michael Shannon Taylor to death by lethal ...

These are the inmates convicted in Bay Area counties who were on the state prison system’s official death row list.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday he is commuting every death sentence in his state to a sentence of life in ...

Florida and Alabama were also set to carry out executions on Thursday, marking only the second time in US history where three ...

Newsom's decision, as he ponders a run for the White House, is a self-inflicted test of political endurance from a savvy ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that he’ll change all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he plans to change all California death sentences to life imprisonment without the ...