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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nov. 30—The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board Oklahoma is scheduled to meet Wednesday to decide clemency for a death row inmate scheduled to be executed for the 2006 murder of a 10-year-old girl in ...

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 ...