Robert Dunham, the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, noted that the Supreme Court has narrowed the scope of the question in the case to whether or not the Arizona Supreme ...

The accomplice who paid a teenage hitman to kill a former cop's wife in 1994 has died on death row more than three decades later.

Attorneys for death row inmate Robert Roberson have filed a formal objection to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's request to set an execution date, citing ongoing legal proceedings and ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton requested a new execution date for Robert Roberson, who is on Death Row for the murder of his toddler daughter. Roberston's execution was delayed last year after ...

PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the convictions and sentences of a death row inmate from Hawaii in the killing of his mother in Arizona.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 for Ruben Gutierrez, a Texas death row inmate, granting a path for DNA testing that could impact his execution eligibility.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 for Ruben Gutierrez, a Texas death row inmate, granting a path for DNA testing that could impact his execution eligibility.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Texas death row inmate who is seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for execution.

Texas is seeking a new execution date for convicted murderer Robert Roberson. In 2002, Roberson's 2-year-old daughter was said to have died of shaken baby syndrome. Roberson's attorneys say he is ...

Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder. Richard Gerald Jordan was a Vietnam veteran who was found guilty of kidnapping ...

We're learning more about the death of 13-year-old Sun Valley boy Oscar Omar Hernandez, who was allegedly murdered by his soccer coach.