Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

The executions of Steven Nelson in Texas and Demetrius Frazier in Alabama come in the context of the Trump administration’s efforts to bolster the federal death penalty and to encourage the 27 states ...

A Kentucky lawmaker is hoping his quest to limit the pardon powers of governors in his state has received a jolt of momentum from public attention over the flurry of pardons and commuted sentences ...

Though Alabama has stepped up its execution rate in recent months, Hammonds still awaits his date with death and indications are that time may be coming in the not-too-distant future.

One of Trump’s most despicable day-one executive orders revoked Biden’s moratorium on federal executions, ensured that states ...

The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected a death row inmate’s request for information on the most recent execution, which was carried out last week.

U.S. District Judge Lawrence Vilardo has suggested the end of May as the start time for hearings from the prosecution and ...

A federal judge will hold a hearing on whether May 14 mass shooter Payton Gendron is too young for the death penalty.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has set a March 7 date for the latest execution in the state's suddenly busy death chamber.

After more than 30 years behind bars, Demetrius Terrence Frazier was put to death using the contraversial nitrogen gas ...

Demetrius Terrence Frazier broke into the window of Brown's apartment on Nov. 27, 1991, before demanding money and raping her ...

Demetrius Frazier, 52, was pronounced dead at 6:36 p.m. CST at a south Alabama prison for his murder conviction in the 1991 rape and killing of 41-year-old Pauline Brown. It was the first execution in ...