Whenever someone is executed, a few journalists act as witnesses and report on what happened. It’s an incredibly difficult ...

The response of death penalty states to botched executions is to enact new laws hiding much of the execution process from the public.

Though inmates on Death Row all have the same destination, some methods are more painful and torturous than others, experts ...

The decision marked the 13th time he has ruled against the defense’s attempt to remove the death penalty from the case.

A federal judge has halted all executions in Idaho until the state prison system increases access for media witnesses.

A federal judge in Idaho halted all executions in the state, issuing a preliminary injunction Tuesday against carrying out ...

Defendant asked for ‘everything,’ and ‘everything’ is what he received,” the judge wrote. “Defendant cannot demand everything under the sun and then complain about the weight of all the planets.” ...

Death row meals have long been a grim fascination, giving a window into the last hours of the world's worst killers. While not a mandatory requirement for prisoners in countries where the ultimate ...

President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized Biden’s decision to commute the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates to life in prison without parole. After his inauguration, Trump ordered ...

A California law firm notified the city of Pocatello, Idaho, on Wednesday of its intention to file a federal wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the family of Victor Perez, a 17-year-old boy with ...

where the federal government has long held death row prisoners and where Mr. Trump ... “spend 22 to 24 hours a day locked alone in small cells built expressly for severe sensory deprivation ...