Freddie Eugene Owens, 46, is scheduled to die just after 6 p.m. Friday at a Columbia prison. He was convicted of the 1997 killing of a clerk who could not get the safe open at a convenience store in ...

Before the start of her second murder trial, Karen Read is asking the highest Massachusetts court to drop two of the charges.

A Taiwan court decided on Friday to retain capital punishment, but ruled its application should be "limited to special and ...

Taiwan's constitutional court ruled that the death penalty is constitutional for the most serious crimes under stringent legal scrutiny. Despite being Asia's liberal democracy, the death penalty ...

Taiwan's constitutional court ruled on Friday that the death penalty is constitutional but only for the most serious crimes ...

South Carolina is set to execute its first inmate in 13 years after an unintended pause because the state could not obtain ...

The ruling reflects a compromise between international pressure for abolition and domestic support for harsh punishment to ...

South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty Executive Director Rev. Hillary Taylor speaks ... Owens had two ...

On Thursday morning, concerned citizens gathered at the State House to deliver petitions urging Gov. Henry McMaster to seek ...

Clemency is more important than ever in an era of grossly excessive punishments and mass incarceration. Timidity is not a ...

A ceremony will cap a history marked by legal tussles, a secret training, resignations, a deal with a serial killer and raw ...

Strada came to Tennessee in January 2023 from Arizona, where he left behind a broken executions process. Another cause for ...