The concept of a "last meal" on death row is widely known, but the final words uttered by condemned individuals are often far more revealing and unsettling. History records a chilling collection of ...

Four executions have been set this year by the Tennessee Supreme Court, which includes the only woman on the state’s death ...

A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row has been released on bail Wednesday after his conviction was overturned earlier this year.Jimmie Duncan had originally been convicted of ...

The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law committee discussed a bill Tuesday that would allow firing squad executions for death ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols on Monday declined to choose between the electric chair and lethal injection for his Dec. 11 execution, meaning the state will ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Two assistant federal public defenders filed a motion July 17 that asks Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony Donofrio to allow them to file a motion for a new trial on behalf ...