There have been several high-profile challenges to planned executions but many more that never see the light of day. Why is it so difficult for people on death row to have their cases reexamined?

The Supreme Court of Texas is weighing whether death row inmate Robert Roberson — whose capital punishment was temporarily ...

A member of a violent Liberty City gang who was sent to death row for the murders of two people will no longer face the death chamber.

Prosecutors no longer seek the death penalty for Corey Smith, due to weakening of the case and alleged misconduct.

Judge Bronwyn Miller is accused of pressuring Miami-Dade Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle in a capital murder case.

Attorneys for death row inmates are asking the state Supreme Court to wait until after New Year’s Day to issue any more death ...

Dr. Charles Sophy, a therapist, sued Dr. Dre for $10 million over what he claimed were threatening text messages.

They also said it would be unjust to execute someone for what could be considered self-defense and unfair that Moore, who was ...

Richard Moore was sentenced to death in 2001 by a nearly all-white jury for a robbery gone bad following a trial that lasted ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stop the execution of South Carolina inmate Richard Moore, a ...