A woman who has been on death row for 30 years has filed for clemency just a few weeks before her scheduled execution.

Christa Pike is asking Tennessee's governor to spare her life and reduce her sentence to life without parole.

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To the family of Marilyn Mitchell, Artez Hammonds is the man who stole a promising young life.

The Cobb County Superior Court has ordered the execution of a man convicted of fatally shooting two real estate agents in ...

As for the life imprisonment idea – what’s to prevent a future Ohio governor who thinks like DeWine from deciding to reduce the sentence to time served, writes columnist Ted Diadiun today.

Ron McAndrew continues to campaign against the death penalty -Credit:Ron McAndrew Ron McAndrew thought it would be another routine execution. He had been tasked with ending the life of Cuban refugee ...

The execution will take place Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson.

On Monday, Jeffery Lee’s attorneys said Alabama shouldn’t be allowed to execute him via lethal injection as a backup plan ...

Tennessee needs to abolish the death penalty. That is the overwhelming consensus of the more than 275 respondents to an. Aug.

Ron McAndrew continues to campaign against the death penalty (Image: Ron McAndrew) Ron McAndrew anticipated it would be just another standard execution. He had been assigned to carry out the death of ...