Then-new Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled. Years later, inmates say they ...

A Texas death row inmate's last words before his execution were an apology to the victim's family. Convicted rapist and killer Moises Sandoval Mendoza, 40, was executed by lethal injection ...

A man who has served nearly three decades on death row in Louisiana has had his conviction overturned by a judge.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a Mississippi death row inmate’s convictions for the slayings of eight people, ...

A White House executive order called on the U.S. attorney general to determine whether former federal death row inmates “can ...

Real love.” He once again enlisted his wide network to contribute to Altar Call, which includes Jamie Foxx covering Bill Withers’ “Grandma’s Hands,” as well as Death Row artists Charlie ...

The final words of a death row killer who was executed in front of his wife and family have now been revealed. Moises Sandoval Mendoza, a 41-year-old from Texas, was killed by lethal injection on ...

Mendoza is the third inmate executed in Texas this year and the 13th in the nation. He was pronounced dead at 6:40 p.m. CT. At the time of her death, Tolleson was a new mother to her 6-month ...

North Carolina lawmakers will discuss a bill Tuesday that would give death row inmates the option to choose between three execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution, or firing squad.

A Texas man is facing execution for the strangling and stabbing death of a young North Texas mother more than 20 years ago HOUSTON -- A Texas man is facing execution Wednesday for the strangling ...

A new federal lawsuit alleges Hidalgo County jailers ignored woman's pleas for days before 'dumping' her at the hospital ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana man who has spent nearly three decades on death row has had his conviction overturned by a district judge following a review of forensic analysis that the inmate's ...