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

Missouri's governor on Monday denied clemency for Christopher Collings, a death row inmate facing execution for sexually ...

OSAKA--A rare audio recording of an exchange between a death row inmate, his sister and prison staff two days before the man was hanged will be presented as evidence in a lawsuit filed by two ...

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 ...

[3] Comparatively, 12.19% of U.S. adults have less than a high school diploma or GED. [3] Median time, in years, a death row prisoner has been awaiting execution: 7 [3] Average time, in years, between ...

Arizona began executing death-row inmates by lethal injection in 1993. Arizona is set to resume executions of inmates on death row as soon as this coming year. The decision from Attorney General Kris ...

8, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool) COLUMBIA — Attorneys for death row inmates are asking the state Supreme Court to wait until after New Year’s Day to issue any more death ...

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 ...

More than 600 people are sentenced to die in California, more than any other state and so many that the crowded death row at San Quentin was dismantled and the inmates moved to other high security ...