Wendell Grissom’s execution is set despite claims of brain damage, as Oklahoma’s death penalty law faces scrutiny over its definition of intellectual disability.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on his podcast Tuesday that Erik and Lyle Menendez will have a parole board hearing on ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom said he'll use the board's recommendation to decide whether to let the Menendez brothers out of prison.

A Texas appeals court on Tuesday halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set ...

A former Republican Tennessee lawmaker says President Donald Trump has pardoned him two weeks into his 21-month prison sentence for an illegal campaign finance scheme ...

Six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 12 other people are scheduled to be put to death in six states during the remainder of 2025. Through March 20, three ...

It was the second scheduled execution in the US halted on Tuesday after a federal judge stopped Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was to take place next week.