Byron James Shepard was in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, awaiting execution for the fatal shooting of a Tecumseh police officer.

Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, who is challenging his conviction in a 1997 murder-for-hire plot, poses for a photograph taken by his attorney in U.S., in 2016.

For the past five years, no more than 24 executions occurred annually — but 2025 is already near that mark, with more ...

After the Supreme Court overturned Richard Glossip’s conviction, prosecutors claimed to have “a plethora of evidence,” while ...

In December, Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row. “This case demonstrates that no matter how long it takes, Oklahoma will hold murderers accountable for their ...

More than 200 Civil rights groups urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to use his powers to commute California's more than 500 death ...

The federal government can now pursue the death penalty against the Boulder attack suspect following the death of a victim.

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a Texas man on death row can bring a federal civil rights claim to challenge the ...

Thomas Lee Gudinas had been on death row at Florida State Prison near Starke since his conviction in 1995 of the rape and ...

The longest-serving death row inmate in Mississippi's history, Richard Jordan, was executed Wednesday evening at the ...

The Rev. Jeff Hood has witnessed 11 executions: four in Oklahoma, three in Alabama, two in Texas, one in Missouri and one in ...

Anthony Wainwright, 54, was put to death by lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke on Tuesday evening. He was ...