Raymond Lee Oyler set a fire that killed five firefighters in 2006. The California Supreme Court will decide if he remains on death row, writes Robin Epley of The Sacramento Bee.

Also, Stacey Solomon returns with a new series of Sort Your Life Out and Storyville meets the San Quentin prisoners training ...

Texas's first female condemned killer received special permission to leave jail and be baptized at New Light Baptist Church ...

After being caught, Ramirez was convicted of 13 counts of murder, five attempted murders, 11 sexual assaults, and 14 ...

He was recently transferred from death row at San Quentin to a state prison in San Luis Obispo. Originally released in March 2009, this new edition of Body Parts has been updated with 32 pages ...

A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mouthed one final message before being put to death in Texas on ...

Two men convicted of murder were executed Thursday night, marking the fourth and fifth executions in the United States this ...

The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The ...

A Texas death row inmate was executed Thursday, the country's second lethal injection of the day, expressing remorse for the ...

Show more Behind the walls of San Quentin State Prison in California, three men sentenced to life for murder undertake running a marathon. Training all year, their route is unconventional ...

On Thursday, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced an agreement to transfer a convicted murderer from a ...

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