Susan Sarandon snagged the Best Actress honor for her portrayal of Sister Helen Prejean, the spiritual counselor of a death row inmate (Sean Penn ... it twice before the age of 30 years old. Related: ...

Holberg has been on death row for 27 years. In securing her conviction ... remains a work in progress," wrote Higginbotham, a Ronald Reagan appointee. Holberg was sentenced to death by an Amarillo ...

Louisiana is restarting death penalty executions next week for the first time in 15 years, using nitrogen gas to execute ...

The Nigerian Correctional Service has disclosed that no fewer than 3,688 prisoners are on death row across its various facilities in the country. The acting Comptroller General of the NCoS ...

“Christopher Sepulvado’s death overnight in the prison infirmary is a sad comment on the state of the death penalty in Louisiana.,” Shawn Nolan, an attorney for Sepulvado, said in a statement.

The victim’s family dropped the case in exchange for blood money An Arab man who was on death row, has been pardoned by the family of the victim in Ras Al Khaimah Ras Al Khaimah: An Arab man ...

A terminally ill man who spent over 30 years on death row in Louisiana for the killing of his stepson died days after a March date was scheduled for his execution by nitrogen gas. Christopher ...

Texas death row inmate David Leonard Wood's execution, which had been set for this week, was halted by a Texas appeals court on Tuesday. Wood, 67, has spent nearly 33 years on death row and had ...

ExploreForgotten and waiting to die: How Georgia left intellectually challenged men on death row for decades Most states, including Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Idaho, Indiana ...

FROM A JUDGE ON WHETHER THE USE OF GAS TO EXECUTE A DEATH ROW INMATE IS CONSTITUTIONAL. JESSE HOFFMAN IS ACCUSED OF RAPING AND KILLING A WOMAN NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO IN SAINT TAMMANY. AND THE CASE ...

Sepulvado spent 30 years on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary ... The boy’s mother, Yvonne Jones, was convicted of manslaughter in the death and served more than seven years in ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave an Oklahoma death row inmate a new chance to prove his innocence, siding with both his lawyers and the state who said Richard Glossip did not get a ...