The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled the execution for the state's longest-serving death row inmate for June 25.

Jerone Hunter, 38, who has been on death row for 19 years, is trying to convince a jury to toss his death sentence.

George Ryan, who served as Illinois secretary of state, House speaker, lieutenant governor and ultimately governor, is best ...

Richard Gerald Jordan has been on Mississippi's death row since 1977. The state has set an execution date of June 25, saying ...

For prisoners, the transfers off a dismantled death row have brought a broad variety of experiences and emotions.

Gulf War veteran Jeffrey Hutchinson was executed Thursday evening for the 1998 Florida family massacre. He spent 24 years on ...

Suge Knight agreed to a $1.5 million settlement on the eve of a retrial over claims he negligently killed a Compton dad.

Court urges swift legal and diplomatic action to aid three Indians sentenced to death in Indonesia over drug trafficking ...

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan has died at the age of 91, sources confirmed to CBS News Chicago.

20-year-old Wesley Davis was arrested after a child was found unresponsive on March 1 and died days later. SEVIER COUNTY, ...