During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's ...

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

A convicted killer has been executed after spending over two decades sitting on death row. Back in February 2001, the charred and bullet-ridden body of Kandee Martin was discovered stuffed into the ...

Those housed in the O’Daniel Unit in Gatesville, including such names as Melissa Lucio, have had their lives touched by a ...

Every week, behind a half dozen security doors that lead to Unit 2—Tennessee’s death row—Kevin Burns holds a worship service. He leads Communion, prayer, liturgy, and a sermon with men who share his ...

A Tennessee death row prisoner who murdered a teen couple from Chickamauga, Georgia has declared a hunger strike, saying he ...

Steven Nelson, who is set to be executed today after being sentenced to death for his role in the murder of pastor Clint ...

Demetrius Frazier became the fourth inmate in the US to be put to death by the method as he served his sentence for the 1991 ...

Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

A Tennessee death row prisoner has declared a hunger strike, saying he is protesting issues with medical care, the quality of ...

Family and friends describe Ford as being devastated by the death of his father and turning into an alcoholic. Warning: This story contains details of a disturbing crime. Florida death row inmate ...

he recently hand-raised a baby lizard in his cell on Texas Death Row. "The man I was 20 years ago is not the man I am today," Tabler said in a statement provided to USA TODAY through his wife.