One of the most popular death row meals in history are that of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who didn't hold back when ...

For many, a death sentence means a double punishment. People on death row can spend decades locked alone in a tiny, cement room before they are ever strapped to an execution gurney. We know that the ...

At times, Freddie Eugene Owens' letters are incredibly vulnerable as he says he's "also human." At others they threaten ...

On Sept. 20, Freddie Owens, 46, a death row inmate convicted of murder, armed robbery, use of a firearm in the commission of a violent crime and conspiracy to commit armed robbery, is scheduled to ...

“I am a loving and caring person.” The Star obtained the final statements of death row prisoners going back to the mid-1990s from the Missouri Department of Corrections. Some prisoners ...

Loran Cole, 57, was executed by lethal injection in Florida on Thursday evening after being convicted of killing John Edwards ...

An death row inmate who was given three options for his execution will have his sentence carried out in South Carolina this month. Freddie Owens, 46, who was convicted of murder after gunning down ...

However, due to an unintentional pause in executions, the number of inmates on death row in South Carolina has decreased. In early 2011, there were 63 condemned inmates; currently, there are 32.

(CNN) — A death row inmate in Missouri who has long claimed his innocence and is scheduled to be executed in less than one week asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for a stay of execution, arguing ...

A city in Oklahoma has agreed to pay a settlement of more than $7 million to a former death row inmate who was exonerated after nearly 50 years in prison over his wrongful incarceration.

In an email to PEOPLE, Johnathan Shiflett of the governor’s office said that following “standard practice” for a death row case he would consider clemency “typically at least 24 hours ...

However, due to an unintentional pause in executions, the number of inmates on death row in South Carolina has decreased. In early 2011, there were 63 condemned inmates; currently, there are 32.