The Cornell University study concluded that death row inmates overwhelmingly choose comfort food as their last wish. Researchers analyzed 193 final meal requests across the United States, finding that ...

Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, is reportedly considering commuting the sentences of all 563 inmates on California's death ...

Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s death row, has survived an attempt to execute her. The capital punishment was […] ...

The inmates living on death row are acutely aware of the escalation, advocates said, and have started to recognize patterns indicating when a new death warrant may be served – such as hearing a ...

A three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked the execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee on Wednesday.

North Carolina has one of the largest death row populations in the country, with 122 inmates awaiting execution, including two women.

Three inmates were put to death Thursday — marking the first triple execution in the United States in 16 years. Murderers on death row in Oklahoma, Tennessee and Alabama were executed within hours of ...

Christa Pike, a Tennessee death row inmate, is conscious and speaking after surviving two doses of a lethal drug during a ...