Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. David Carpenter, in his 90s, was the oldest inmate on San Quentin's death row before it was dismantled and the condemned men ...

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about the lives of death row inmates at the Polunsky Unit here and a first-person account from a reporter who ...

Florida’s death row inmates spend 23 hours a day in their 6-by-9 foot cells, passing time by watching TV on prison-issued devices, reading books or magazines, studying their case files or writing ...