Heather Mitchell shows a photograph of her husband Marcus Mitchell who has been on death row in Raleigh’s Central Prison for 27 years. He has long been an advocate for death row inmates ...

A convicted murderer who was the longest-serving inmate on Arkansas' death row has died of natural causes LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Bruce Ward, a convicted murderer who was the longest-serving inmate ...

Iwao Hakamada, wrongfully convicted of murder, spent over four decades on death row before being awarded $1.4 million for his suffering. This payout highlights issues in Japan’s justice system.

A man on death row is facing execution tonight by use of a controversial nitrogen gas which the same state has banned for killing pet cats and dogs. Jessie Hoffman was sentenced to death in 1996 ...

The iconic Los Angeles-based music label Death Row Records is in national headlines again after a Houston woman filed a lawsuit against the label and rappers Suge Knight and Snoop Dogg.

She accused Death Row Records, Time Warner, Universal Music Group, and Interscope Records of conspiring to avoid paying her a $107 million judgment a judge in Los Angeles issued in 2005.

NEW YORK − Things are a little different for Jenna Bush Hager at work this week. The "Jenna & Friends" host will share the fourth hour of the "Today" show with several family members through Friday.

Arizona's timeline for future executions is uncertain as officials navigate appeals and death warrant requests. The Attorney General's Office has identified 24 death row inmates who have exhausted ...

Nine inmates on Tennessee’s death row have filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s new lethal injection protocol citing a high risk of torturous death and what they say is a history of ...

Nitrogen gas had only been used in death row executions four times before Jessie Hoffman Jr. was executed in Louisiana on Tuesday. His lawyers tried to argue the method was unconstitutional ...