A federal court judge has denied Briley Wayne Piper's petition to to appeal his death sentence. The man remains on death row.

The justices left in place a Texas appeals court ruling that upheld the murder conviction and death sentence for Areli ...

What crimes qualify for the death penalty in Texas? Who decides whether to pursue the death penalty? Here's everything to ...

Kevin Burns says every day is the best day of his life. In his nearly 30 years on death row, he has been ordained as a pastor and started a church.

Four executions are scheduled this year with a new lethal injection protocol and the ethical and legal debate is intensifying ...

Our court system relies on a jury of our peers to enforce criminal law, but new research confirms a "good jury" consists primarily of white men.

While the men’s death warrants were signed before Donald Trump took office January 20, the state executioners and the US judiciary were certainly emboldened to see these executions through to ...

South Carolina became the first state since 2010 to execute an inmate by firing squad. Is the method legal in Mississippi?

For the first time in almost three years, Arizona carried out an execution. Here's what to know about the inmate who was put ...

After weeks of legal maneuvers to delay Jessie Hoffman's execution, including a last-minute appeal denial from the U.S.

Gary Tyler’s lifelong struggle for justice, both personally and socially, animates his artistic work as a quilt maker. His ...

Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, capping a raging legal battle that ended ...