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With ‘Live on Death Row,’ Rapper Rrome Alone Condemns the Death Penalty

“Every life hinges on poverty, gender and race,” he declares in the 2024 song, “and the pay of the attorney defending your case.”

Army’s plan for military death row executions is named ‘Operation Resolute Justice’

If an execution order is signed by the president, military death row inmates would be transported to Federal Correctional Institution, Terre Haute in Indiana. The post Army’s plan...

Three prisoners who stormed cell and murdered child k!ller will d!e in jail

Three inmates have

Too old to execute? Aging death row inmates set to die in Florida

The last prisoner strapped to a table in Florida’s death chamber was 74 years old — the oldest the state has executed in modern times. The next two set to die are older still.

The Countdown to David Wood’s Execution Date

One week before their client is set to die, the defense team awaits a final ruling.

Final wish of Florida death row inmate is for DeSantis to watch his execution

Supreme Court stops execution of inmate who became a ministry leader on death row

At the heart of Alabama's latest death penalty controversy is Jeffery Lee, who became a Christian mentor to other incarcerated men on death row. Opponents to Lee's execution ask co...

We Asked Ohio’s Death Row What They Think of Governor’s Death Penalty Reversal

Like Gov. Mike DeWine, most agreed the death penalty is broken and does not deter crime, but not always with the same reasoning.

Ohio Governor Grants Mercy to Man on Death Row For First Time

Weeks before calling to abolish capital punishment in Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine commuted the man’s death sentence to life in prison without parole.

Executed Death Row Inmates Convicted In Lubbock County Part 1

Thirteen executions tied to Lubbock County — and the story behind how that number came together is more complicated than most people realize. Continue reading…

Capital Punishment Is on the Decline. Except in Ron DeSantis's Florida.

NYTimes For about a dozen years, Father Dustin had visited prisoners on Florida's death row as their appeals wound their way through the courts. Some had waited for decades, but t...

Reader Friday: Death Row Dining

You’re on death row and your number’s been called up. Time to meet your Maker. But before you go, put in your request for your last meal. What is it? Me? Send the largest charcuter...

"He Was in Agony": Tennessee Issues 1-Year Stay for Tony Carruthers After Botched Execution Attempt

Tennessee death row prisoner Tony Carruthers was issued a one-year stay of execution last Thursday after prison officials were unable to find a backup injection vein in a botched e...

The Death Penalties

Last spring, Plano’s EPIC City was the center of right-wing outrage. The governor’s inner circle helped direct the funeral commission’s probe into its mosque.

Supreme Court Sides with Mississippi Man on Death Row

Washington Post: “The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a Mississippi man who was sent to death row for his role in the murder of shopkeeper, upholding a lower court’s decision...

Florida Is Executing Prisoners at a Record Pace, Even as Most of the U.S. Abandons the Death Penalty

The post Florida Is Executing Prisoners at a Record Pace, Even as Most of the U.S. Abandons the Death Penalty appeared first on ProPublica.

Appeal filed for man awaiting execution for Orange County murder

Dusty Ray Spencer, convicted of murdering his wife in Orange County in 1992, has filed a notice of appeal to the Florida Supreme Court as his execution date approaches.

Todesstrafe und Gewalt im Gefängnis: „Sie wissen nicht, wann sie sterben“

Immer noch werden Menschen zum Tode verurteilt. Unser Kolumnist findet das schrecklich. Und macht sich auch Gedanken über andere Formen der Gewalt im Knast. mehr...

California death row inmate in notorious 1979 murder-for-hire plot dies

A Northern California man at the center of one of the state's most notorious murder-for-hire cases has died after spending more than 45 years on California’s death row. He was 76....

Indiana’s new prison already equipped for firing squads as death penalty debate continues

Indiana is preparing for its fourth state execution since resuming capital punishment, with the new Westville Correctional Facility equipped for both lethal injection and firing sq...

Red Onion State Prison inmate's 2025 death ruled homicide

WISE COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — State investigators are looking into the November 2025 death of an inmate at Red Onion State Prison. The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) conf...

The state of the death penalty at the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday in Whitton v. Dixon sided with a death row inmate for the second time in less than a week, holding in an unsigned opinion that the U.S. Court of Appeals...

Supreme Court Denies Appeal from Texas Death Row Inmate Even Though the Prosecutors on His Case Filed a Motion in Suppor...

The Supreme Court of the United States denied an appeal from a death row inmate in Texas on Monday, despite support from the prosecutors who handled his case. The post Supreme Cour...

Tennessee is preparing to execute Tony Carruthers, whose defenders question trial fairness

Tennessee is scheduled to execute Tony Carruthers by lethal injection after courts denied requests to test DNA and fingerprint evidence and ruled that he is mentally competent.