In an unusual case, death row inmate Richard Glossip was backed by the state's Republican attorney general, who agreed the ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma death row inmate who was ...

Richard Glossip’s case became a focal point in the national debate over the death penalty, which critics say is unjust or ...

The Supreme Court gave an Oklahoma death row inmate a new chance in the high-profile 1997 murder case. Clarence Thomas and ...

The justices heard arguments in the case of a man on death row in Texas who claims DNA testing could spare his life.

Both sides had told the justices that long-suppressed evidence had undermined the case the case against the inmate, Richard ...

Louisiana inmate Christopher Sepulvado died Saturday, just over three weeks before he was scheduled to be put to death for ...

Christopher Sepulvado, 81, died Saturday at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana, "from natural causes as a ...

The state's highest court upheld a law transferring more control of death penalty cases from local district attorneys to the ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill asked a federal appeals court to halt a district judge's decision to reopen a case ...

An octogenarian death row inmate scheduled to be Louisiana's first person put to death in 15 years next month has died, ...