A former death row inmate who has been so close to execution that he's had three last meals has been released after nearly 30 years behind bars. Oklahoma County District Judge Natalie Mai on May 14 ...

In a rare ruling for a condemned prisoner, the justices would not let Alabama use a contested method of execution. By Adam Liptak Adam Liptak is the chief legal correspondent and host of The Docket.

A Florida man convicted of fatally stabbing his cousin’s girlfriend and the couple’s 4-year-old daughter was put to death Thursday evening, the seventh person executed by the state this year.

Tiana Krasniqi, from London, told how she has plagued by 'flashbacks' of James Broadnax's final moments since he was executed ...