The order, which was issued Wednesday night by U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May, paves the way for Georgia to execute Humphreys next week.

Harold Nichols had been sentenced to death for the rape and murder of 20-year-old college student Karen Pulley in 1988 ...

Stephen Treiber, 56, was convicted and sentenced to death in the 2001 arson murder of his 2-year-old daughter, Jessica, in ...

Utah inmate Ralph Menzies died of natural causes after his execution was blocked after he developed dementia during his ...

Florida has executed two women in its history, including the infamous serial killer Aileen Wuornos. Sixteen women have been sentenced to death in Florida, but most had their sentences commuted or were ...

Florida has sentenced 117 veterans to death, the most of any state. It has executed seven in this year alone. As the Death ...

Despite being incarcerated, Knight has continued to remain in the public sphere. In October 2023, Knight started a podcast ...

Texas has, by far, led the nation in executions since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. These are the Dallas County inmates awaiting news on ...

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 ...

Last month, Indonesia repatriated two British prisoners convicted of drug offences: 69-year-old Lindsay Sandiford, a ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court has scheduled the execution for the only woman on the state's death row. 49-year-old Christa Gail Pike is set to be executed on Sept. 30, 2026, more than 31 years after she ...