Attorneys for Alabama death row inmate Toforest Johnson filed a petition in Jefferson County Circuit Court Thursday seeking a ...

A federal appeals court Monday rejected the appeal of an Alabama death row inmate scheduled to be executed on Thursday. The ...

Grayson, 49, is set to die Nov. 21, within a 30-hour timeframe. He was convicted with three other men for the brutal Feb. 22, ...

A federal appeals court says it will let the nation's third execution with nitrogen gas go forward this week. The 11th U.S.

Alabama began using nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates earlier this year. The process involves placing a respirator gas mask over the inmate’s face to replace breathable air with pure nitrogen ...

For the second week in a row, the Supreme Court did not add any new cases to its docket for the 2024-25 term. In a list of ...

Whether Creech dies of natural causes or lethal injection matters in this one respect: By executing someone for the first ...

President-elect Donald Trump wants to expand the federal death penalty and undo the Biden-Harris administration's moratorium ...

The paper incorporates Zaki’s earlier research on empathy with the scholarship of his coauthor, Stanford psychologist ...

Recently named BCU’s Researcher of the Year, Professor Yorke has continued his impactful work, including his vocal opposition ...

There have been several high-profile challenges to planned executions but many more that never see the light of day. Why is it so difficult for people on death row to have their cases reexamined?

Across the nation, more than half of the approximately 2,100 prisoners with death sentences are incarcerated in jurisdictions where executions are on hold, according to a Washington Post analysis.