A new program in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, allows death row prisoners to mingle outside of solitary confinement ...

Prison officials served death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith his last meal Wednesday night, about 16 hours before he's scheduled to die by lethal injection.

Shawna Forde, a border vigilante, was sentenced to death today after being convicted of two counts of murder for orchestrating a home invasion that left a 9-year-old Arizona girl and her father dead.

A 13-year-old Sun Valley boy who was allegedly murdered by his soccer coach died of acute alcohol poisoning, according to a civil attorney for the victim's family.

Another alleged homicide in a state prison prompted a renewed call for answers and prison oversight from Republicans in the Legislature.

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.

More details about the death of Oscar Omar Hernandez, the teen North Hollywood boy whose body was found off a road in Oxnard, have been revealed.

Richard Gerald Jordan, the longest-serving man on Mississippi's death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer's wife in a violent ransom ...

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 ...

Early voting begins Wednesday in the primary to replace longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, who died in March. The big picture: Five candidates are seeking the Democratic nomination in the ...

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 ...

Lawyers representing a Texas death row inmate who avoided capital punishment last year are objecting to the state's request for a new execution date.