An inmate who was armed with a prison-made weapon refused to surrender for nearly four hours, according to the Nevada ...

The facility recently transitioned from a medium-security prison. Two thousand inmates, including Nevada’s death row population, were transferred from Ely State Prison, located nearly 300 miles north ...

Hakamada, 88, is the fifth death row inmate granted a retrial in Japan's post-war history. All four previous cases also resulted in exonerations. Just a week after his acquittal, Japan's then ...

This story was first published by Idaho Reports on Nov. 27, 2024. The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled that a second attempt to execute an Idaho death row inmate would not violate his Eighth Amendment ...

(NEW YORK) — Melissa Lucio, the death row inmate who was convicted of capital murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, is speaking out in an exclusive statement and audio recording to ABC News ...

Hakamada, 88, is the fifth death row inmate granted a retrial in Japan’s post-war history. All four previous cases also resulted in exonerations. Just a week after his acquittal, Japan’s then ...

House Democrats and anti-death penalty advocates pressed last Wednesday for President Joe Biden to save the lives of federal death row inmates before his term expires in January. The push comes as ...