Florida is set to become the first state in nearly a decade to carry out a double execution in one day with the lethal ...

HAMAMATSU--Hideko Hakamada, 91, spent much of her life working to free her brother from nearly a half-century on death row.

Florida is in the process of executing three of its oldest death row inmates back to back — each one older than the last.

Three American inmates are set to be executed on Wednesday and Thursday in what stands to become the deadliest week for the death penalty in the U.S. so far this year. Arizona is set to execute Leroy ...

Eight death row inmates in Idaho will soon face death in a brand new, top-of-the-line firing squad chamber — and state officials are looking for volunteers to fire the rifles. According to ...

Jeffery Lee’s supporters urged Alabama to “choose life” after he mentored other death row inmates through a Christian nonprofit. The Supreme Court on Thursday, June 11, prevented Alabama from ...

The Army is preparing to carry out the executions of the military's four death-row inmates if ordered to do so by the president, according to an internal planning document reviewed by ABC News. If ...

The legal process for Florida death row inmates is a long journey involving multiple state and federal court reviews. After state appeals, inmates can petition the U.S. Supreme Court, though very few ...

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 — including a Broward County man on ...