Across the country, dozens of organizations connect people on the outside with death row inmates through pen pal programs.

A year after former President Joe Biden spared 37 prisoners on federal death row from execution by reducing their sentences ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Tuesday marked another call to save the life of death row inmate Tremane Wood. The latest plea comes from Oklahoma faith leaders ahead of his scheduled execution on Thursday. In ...

A Louisiana man who spent nearly 30 years on death row walked out of prison Wednesday after a judge overturned his conviction and granted him bail. Jimmie Duncan, now in his 60s, was sentenced to ...

FIRST ON FOX — Two federal inmates previously on death row — one a crooked New Orleans cop, the other behind a multi-state killing spree — have been transferred to a notorious "supermax" prison in ...

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about the lives of death row inmates at the Polunsky Unit here and a first-person account from a reporter who ...

Seven Texas legislators prayed with Melissa Lucio last week at the women’s death row prison in Gatesville, where she awaits her scheduled execution on April 27. “It was just a sweet, sweet time ...

The elite Hollywood duo were drawn to a Texas inmate who was set to be killed for a crime he says he didn't commit. He soon ...