Anthony Williams, 41, Connor Brown, 22, and Zacharia Luz, 42, were killed in the July 30 fight at Ely State Prison.

A former British prison officer has revealed the three ways death row prisoners "normally" react before their execution. Alex ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has set an April execution date for a man who dropped his appeals and asked to be put to ...

The order came just over 48 hours before David Leonard Wood was set to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday.

The last words of a death row inmate who was the first in the US to be executed by firing squad in 15 years have been revealed. Brad Sigmon, 67, was shot by three prison guards at the Broad River ...

Brad Sigmon, convicted in a double murder in 2002, opted to die by a method that is rarely used. Utah carried out the last ...

The bill, which has nine sponsors right now, proposes amending the N.C. Constitution to require legislative approval of all ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison after noting questions about his case.

By Kazeem UgbodagaThe number of prisoners on death row in Nigeria has surged to 3,688, marking an increase of 98 inmates within six months, the Acting Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional ...

State prosecutors withheld evidence favorable to Brittany Marlow Holberg during her 1998 murder trial that resulted in her ...

After the woman spent 27 years on death row for killing an 80-year-old man, the court found that prosecutors failed to reveal ...

The official explained that state governors contribute to prison congestion in Nigeria.The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has said that a total of 3,688 inmates are currently on death row across ...