A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4 million ...

An 89-year-old Japanese man who spent nearly half a century on death row for a 1966 quadruple murder before being exonerated ...

On the day that Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years is scheduled to take place, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a ...

A death row inmate in Louisiana scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked for his capital punishment to be carried out using a more humane method.

Nearly 50 years on death row had inflicted "extremely severe" mental and physical pain on Iwao Hakamata, a judge said.

JASMINE. ELIZABETH, LOUISIANA, HAS NOT HAD AN INMATE ON DEATH ROW EXECUTED IN 15 YEARS. THE INMATE THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE PUT TO DEATH NEXT MONTH DIED JUST WEEKS BEFORE HIS EXECUTION DATE.

Holberg has been on death row for 27 years. In securing her conviction in 1998, Randall County prosecutors heavily relied on testimony from a jail inmate who was working as a confidential ...

An Arizona death row inmate who has complained his execution was 'long overdue' gave up his final chance to delay his capital punishment. Aaron Brian Gunches, 53, pleaded guilty to kidnapping ...

Hoffman, Sepulvado and seven other inmates are plaintiffs in a federal civil rights lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Louisiana's death penalty. Lawyers for the group filed an emergency ...

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 ...

Feb. 24 (UPI) --An octogenarian death row inmate scheduled to be Louisiana's first person put to death in 15 years next month has died, officials and his lawyer said. Christopher Sepulvado ...