Supreme Court Will Hear Appeal of Black Death Row Inmate Over Racial Bias in Mississippi Jury Makeup

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a Black death row inmate from Mississippi whose case was handled by a ...

Death Row

Wednesday's scheduled execution of a Cobb death row inmate has been suspended as the State Board of Pardons and Paroles ...

Jury rejects death penalty for confessed Hollywood cop killer

A jury is now deliberating on whether to recommend the death penalty for Jason Banegas, who pleaded guilty two months ago to ...

Supreme Court to hear death row inmate’s challenge of racial bias in jury selection

The Supreme Court will hear a death row inmate's racial bias challenge in jury selection, but will not hear a case on federal ...

Ohio man who spent decades on death row for murder has his case dismissed

The case has been dropped against a man who spent a quarter-century on death row for the robbery and murder of a New Jersey ...

Gov. Mike DeWine can end Ohio’s death row limbo with one act of clemency: Leila Atassi

Ohio’s stalled death penalty exposes the false promise of finality and the irreversible danger of wrongful executions, making ...

Obese man on death row chooses buffet of BBQ, wings, cheeseburger, pizza, ice cream for last meal in Georgia

Georgia death row inmate Stacey Humphreys requested a huge buffet-style last meal ahead of his execution for his 2003 double ...

Supreme Court Grapples With Death Penalty Case on Intellectual Disability

The case involves an Alabama man who challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results ...

Supreme Court wrestles with death penalty in cases of intellectual disabilities

The justices wrestled with whether to allow Alabama to execute a man with low cognitive function, a ruling that could set new ...

Maxwell: On Florida’s death row for half a century, Zeigler case remains fatally flawed

Maxwell: The jury didn’t believe Tommy Zeigler should be executed. A judge ordered him to die anyway. 50 years later, new DNA ...

Singapore court dismisses challenge to mandatory death penalty for drug crimes

Singapore’s High Court rejects first constitutional challenge in 15 years to decades-old law as executions rise; activists may appeal.

These 5 counties pack Alabama’s Death Row despite death penalty declining

The use of capital punishment has steadily declined in the United States since its peak in 1996, when 315 death sentences were imposed. That number had fallen to 26 by 2024. Alabama’s yearly death ...