Raymond Lee Oyler set a fire that killed five firefighters in 2006. The California Supreme Court will decide if he remains on death row, writes Robin Epley of The Sacramento Bee.

Also, Stacey Solomon returns with a new series of Sort Your Life Out and Storyville meets the San Quentin prisoners training ...

Texas's first female condemned killer received special permission to leave jail and be baptized at New Light Baptist Church ...

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

He sought justice from injustice. He sought life for those on Death Row. He urged others to, “do unto others as you would ...

The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The ...

Christopher Lightsey, the man who is on death row for a murder he committed in 1993 in Kern County, was resentenced to death ...

Quentin Tarantino has slammed the state of the film industry during a surprise appearance at Sundance Film Festival. The acclaimed director has been behind the camera for some of the biggest ...

Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row, has appealed her conviction for years, claiming the evidence presented against her violated her due process rights. The U.S. Court of Appeals for ...

and the number of people on death row, about 2,250. Public support for the death penalty, meanwhile, remained at a five-decade low, 53%. But the report’s most important finding for the future of ...