Appearing in court for the first of the murders, of Richard Mallory, Wuornos claimed she'd acted in self-defence, insisting ...

More than half of prisoners sentenced to death in the United States have been on death row for more than 18 years. Texas, ...

A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student in 1993 was executed Wednesday. Charles Crawford, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. following a ...

A man who is scheduled to be executed later this month for a 1993 murder continues to maintain his innocence, saying on Wednesday, "I didn't kill anybody. I didn't participate in any killing." Boyd ...

As Texas prepares to put Roberson to death on Oct. 16, his lawyers suggest in a filing that an episode of a "Dateline" ...

Attorneys for a Mississippi death row inmate are asking the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of execution.The execution for Charles Ray Crawford, 59, is set for Oct. 15. Crawford was sentenced to death ...

This inmate photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Fred Singleton. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP) COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South ...

An 81-year-old inmate who was the "longest serving resident of South Carolina's Death Row" died of natural causes this week, officials said. Fred Singleton passed away Monday at the Kirkland ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina inmate who spent 42 years on death row has died of natural causes at a prison hospital, according to the state Department of Corrections. Fred Singleton, 81, was ...

Charles Ray Crawford is scheduled for execution in October 2025 for the 1993 kidnapping and murder of a Mississippi college student. Lawyers are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the execution, ...

The family of Anthony Boyd, an Alabama inmate set to be executed later this month, begged for his life to be spared at a press conference Wednesday morning. “This is not just about me. This is about ...

A Mississippi man convicted of raping and murdering a college student in the nineties was executed Wednesday after spending more than 30 years on death row, according to officials. In a news release ...