An Alabama legislator wants to expand the number of circumstances that can allow the death penalty to be imposed. Rep. Matt ...

A Davidson County judge held what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind hearing over how the state will handle the scheduled ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate have launched a last-ditch effort to prevent his Aug. 5 ...

A hearing began Monday to determine if death row inmate Byron Black's defibrillator should be turned off before his Aug. 5 ...

Florida is set to execute its eighth inmate in 2025. Since 1939, five people from Treasure Coast have been executed. See how many remain on death row.

The Tennessee Supreme Court has denied Bryon Black's request to have a hearing on whether he is incompetent for capital ...

Prison officials served death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith his last meal Wednesday night, about 16 hours before he's scheduled to die by lethal injection. Smith, 75, requested hotdogs, tater ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a Memphis judge did not have the authority to give a man formerly on death row concurrent sentences of life in prison.