A Texas judge has recommended overturning the conviction and death sentence of Melissa Lucio, a death row inmate, after finding clear evidence that her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah, died from an accidental fall, not abuse.
The Texas Supreme Court has announced that the execution of Robert Roberson, which had been delayed for months amid a clemency request, is set to proceed.
The Texas Attorney General launched a blistering attack on advocates fighting to save a death row inmate convicted in a controversial 'shaken baby' case, accusing them of peddling falsehoods in a last-ditch effort to sway public opinion.
A judge in California expressed his disbelief at a crime case that landed in his court, saying he could not "understand" the murder of five people, three of them children, by two half-brothers immersed in a dispute over properties in Mexico.
With time running out, Thomas Creech's legal team scrambles to halt a second execution attempt, raising last-minute constitutional challenges after a failed lethal injection in February.
Idaho will not allow lethal injections to be administered via central venous lines in the groin, neck, arm, or chest, following challenges in establishing standard IV lines during executions, according to a report.
After two decades on death row, Richard Moore faces an unsettling decision between electrocution or a firing squad, but the former prison chief argues that he doesn't deserve to die.
Garcia Glen White, 61, was convicted in the 1989 murders of teen twin sisters and their mom, but he also confessed to fatally beating Greta Williams, 27.
An Alabama death row inmates' final moments included minutes of gulping before finally became still, according to a reporter who witnessed the execution.
Emmanuel Antonio Littlejohn, 52, and Alan Eugene Miller, 59, were both convicted on murder charges in the '90s and have spent decades awaiting their fate.
