Florida has carried out one-third of the 27 executions so far this year. With 10 more state killings planned, the US is on ...

In the final moments of a life defined by violence, 60-year-old Edward Zakrzewski thanked the people of Florida for killing ...

Suicides in Indian prisons are significantly higher than in the general population, yet most psychiatrist posts remain vacant ...

Defenders say Tennessee inmate is intellectually disabled and wouldn’t be on death row under modern legal standards ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Tennessee inmate on death row has selected his last meal ahead of his execution scheduled for ...

After more than three decades, Byron Black, 69, is set to be executed for the Nashville triple murder of Angela Clay and her two daughters.

Lawyers for Byron Black, who is scheduled to be put to death this month, say his defibrillator may be unnecessarily triggered and subject him to "severe pain." ...

The son of a woman murdered in the 1980s said he's frustrated with the timing of commutation hearings for his mother's killer ...

The dismissals, in addition to a mass release of inmates facing trial, stem from a compounding crisis of overworked and underpaid defense attorneys.

HOUSTON (AP) — Flaco Jimenez, the legendary accordionist from San Antonio who won multiple Grammys and helped expand the popularity of conjunto, Tejano and Tex-Mex music, died Thursday. He was 86.