Florida's death row population is shrinking. Learn about the only biological woman, Tina Brown, and trans woman Jenna Rodgers.

Scotty Ray Gardner sent a letter addressed to Circuit Judge Charles E. Clawson asking that the court deny his pending appeal.

Record number of executions in Saudi Arabia and drugs crackdown in Iran offset broader global trend away from capital punishment

An Arkansas death row inmate will have a hearing in August to determine if he can end his appeals against the advice of an attorney and hasten his execution.

The use of the death penalty as a strategic bargaining tool in criminal cases raises questions about whether prosecutors are pursuing justice or using the threat of execution to gain leverage in negotiations.

Lawyers representing convicted cop killer Michael Addison say t Supreme Court should not dismiss their appeal of his death sentence, arguing his sentence is “necessarily

Billy Kearse, on Florida's death row for the 1991 murder of Fort Pierce Police Officer Danny Parrish, is scheduled to die by lethal injection March 3.

Republican U.S. Representative Nancy Mace announced her introduction of the Death Penalty for Child Rapists Act on X Thursday.