death row

May 28, 2026

Supreme Court sides with Mississippi man on death row in racial bias case

The Supreme Court vacated the death row conviction of Mississippi man Terry Pitchford due to racial bias in jury selection by prosecutor Doug Evans.

Jan 8, 2024

Nebraska bill would add asphyxiation by nitrogen gas as death row option

A Nebraska lawmaker has introduced a bill to add asphyxiation by nitrogen to the state's method of carrying out the death penalty, even as Alabama officials await a judge’s ruling on a request to block its plans to become the nation’s first state to carry out an execution by nitrogen gas.

Jun 22, 2023

43-year-old Missouri inmate dies awaiting execution for elderly couple’s murder

A 43-year-old death row inmate in Missouri has died awaiting execution for murdering an elderly couple who caught him breaking into their home, prison officials said Wednesday.

Mar 3, 2020

South Carolina considers electric chair as its only option for condemned

South Carolina once had one of the county’s highest rates of execution, even putting two prisoners to death in one night. But now the state hasn’t executed a prisoner in […]

Feb 19, 2020

Execution date set for man convicted of killing 81-year-old

A Missouri man convicted of killing an 81-year-old mobile home park manager nearly three decades ago now faces execution in May. The Missouri Supreme Court this week set a May […]

Jan 24, 2020

Florida Supreme Court on the death penalty: We got it wrong

The Florida Supreme Court said Thursday it erred in 2016 when it ruled a jury must be unanimous in deciding a convicted murderer should be sentenced to death, announcing a […]

Jan 17, 2020

Claiming innocence, inmate seeks DNA testing in 1976 slaying

A man who has spent 43 years in prison for a murder his lawyers say his half brother likely committed is requesting DNA testing on a hunting cap left at […]

Jan 17, 2020

Claiming innocence, inmate seeks DNA testing in 1976 slaying

A man who has spent 43 years in prison for a murder his lawyers say his half brother likely committed is requesting DNA testing on a hunting cap left at […]

Aug 29, 2019

Federal death row inmate from Kansas wants execution delayed

A federal death row inmate from Kansas who raped, killed and dismembered a 16-year-old girl and beat an 80-year-old woman to death wants the chance to present claims that his […]

Aug 29, 2019

Federal death row inmate from Kansas wants execution delayed

A federal death row inmate from Kansas who raped, killed and dismembered a 16-year-old girl and beat an 80-year-old woman to death wants the chance to present claims that his […]

Jul 26, 2019

A look at the 5 federal death row inmates facing execution

The Justice Department announced Thursday that it will resume executing death row prisoners for the first time in nearly two decades. At the direction of Attorney General William Barr, the […]

Jul 26, 2019

A look at the 5 federal death row inmates facing execution

The Justice Department announced Thursday that it will resume executing death row prisoners for the first time in nearly two decades. At the direction of Attorney General William Barr, the […]