Even justices who upheld the death penalty in 1976 eventually concluded the system is too flawed to continue, citing discrimination and irreversible mistakes.

There is still a chance to know for sure whether Mascotte police officer James Duckett was the man who raped and murdered an 11-year-old in 1987. But the state seems determined to botch that, and he i...

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After a News 5 investigation, a Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas judge has given Roberto Wynn the opportunity to seek a new trial in an effort to overturn his murder conviction.

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Nine Republican state lawmakers are calling on Gov. Bill Lee to investigate what went wrong during the failed execution of Tony Carruthers, who was convicted of triple murder and kidnapping in a 1994 ...

Early last year, Gov. Ron DeSantis began signing death warrants at a faster rate than ever before. What followed was the most intense period of executions the state has carried out in more than eight ...

Eight Tennessee Republican senators are urging Gov. Bill Lee to commission an independent review of a failed execution trying another.

On June 15, 2026, the United States Supreme Court declined to con­sid­er the appeal of Texas death-sen­tenced pris­on­er Charles Flores, whose death...

Charles Flores argued that his conviction was improperly based on testimony from a witness who changed her recollection after hypnosis by an investigator.

The high court voted 6-3 and did not explain its reasoning. Three conservative justices said they would let the execution go forward.

A look at how nitrogen hypoxia executions work, which states use the method, and the legal and ethical debates it has sparked.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Defense attorneys filed a complaint asking the court to rule lethal injection as unconstitutional under the 8th amendment, according to court documents. This comes after Tony…

Carruthers was set to be executed on Thursday, May 21, but the execution was canceled after a failed lethal injection.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced he is issuing a temporary one-year reprieve after death row inmate Tony Carruthers’ execution was stalled due to medical complicat…

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[DNA] doesn’t take sides,” Tennessee Innocence Project Executive Director Jason Gichner said. “It’s not pro-prosecution, ...

Glossip, 63, was released from incarceration for the first time since his arrest in Oklahoma nearly 30 years ago.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Reality star Kim Kardashian is joining efforts to prove the innocence of death row inmate Tony Caruthers, who is scheduled to be executed

Murdaugh will remain in jail after being convicted of several financial crimes.

“The death penalty is not justice,” Rabb said in a news conference after the Judiciary Committee passed House Bill 99.

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To end the death penalty in Pennsylvania, we need the House Judiciary Committee to vote in support of abolition. Send this letter to your legislators!

A man convicted of first-degree murder involving his then-girlfriend's infant child has been exonerated 26 years later. Stephen Martinez of Denver was convicted in the death of baby Heather Mares in 2...

The state of Texas plans to execute James Broadnax on April 30, 2026 for a double murder that he did not commit. The actual shooter, James's cousin, Demarius Cummings, was sentenced to life without pa...

After issuing a final rule in December on how states could opt into fast-track death penalty habeas procedures in federal courts, the U.S. Department of Justice has reopened a public comment period on...

The state's highest criminal court will not intervene in a Dallas County death penalty case despite another man claiming responsibility for the 2008 shootings.

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One of the attorneys for Michael Ingold, a Shawano man accused of killing his girlfriend, Sheila Laudon, in June 2022, made his opening statement April 10, and he noted that Laudon’s story is going to be front and center through various witnesses.

After DNA evidence that could prove James Duckett's innocence was deemed inconclusive, Duckett's defense says it's possible another analysis may provide answers.

The outcome could fundamentally change the lives of more than 1,000 people currently serving life sentences without the possibility of parole.

We must ask ourselves what it says about our pursuit of justice when the truth is something bought with the threat of a needle.