A federal judge has ordered a new trial for an Alabama man on death row who argued that DNA evidence shows he's innocent ...

A judge issued an order denying a petition to review Ralph Menzies' competency for the last time on Thursday. Menzies is ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Several Arkansas death row inmates sued the state Tuesday to block a new law allowing executions by nitrogen gas, saying the measure gives prison officials ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Death row inmate Ralph Leroy Menzies will not be granted another competency hearing. On Thursday, 3rd District Judge Matthew Bates denied the latest petition by Menzies ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — After nearly 50 years on Florida’s death row, convicted murderer Tommy Zeigler will get what his attorneys say is his last chance at winning freedom. Circuit Court Judge ...

Steven Bixby, an inmate on South Carolina’s death row, is set to have a competency hearing in Greenville to determine if he ...

Oscar Frankline Smith, 75, was killed by lethal injection on Thursday, May 22. He had been sentenced to death in July 1990 - ...

Several Arkansas death row inmates sued the state Tuesday to block a new law allowing executions by nitrogen gas.

Ten Arkansas death row prisoners filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking a judge to block a new state law that authorizes execution by nitrogen gas, which they argue is unconstitutional. Arkansas became ...

Several Arkansas death row inmates have sued the state to block a new law allowing executions by nitrogen gas. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, challenges the measure signed earlier this year ...