Death Row
Bipartisan Group of Prosecutors Calls on Biden to End Federal Death Penalty
The bipartisan group includes former and current attorneys general, judges, police chiefs and more.
Over 35 Democrats Ask Biden to Grant Clemency to All Death Row Inmates
Along with commuting the sentences of all 50 people on federal death row, Democrats are urging Biden to end the death penalty "once and for all."
Supreme Court's Sotomayor Says Trump Admin Executions Are 'Not Justice'
Dustin Higgs was the 13th and final person put to death since the Trump administration restarted federal executions.
Petition to Halt Dustin Higgs' Execution Amasses Over 1.5M Signatures
Dustin Higgs is scheduled to be put to death five days before President-elect Joe Biden, a death penalty opponent, is inaugurated.
Lisa Montgomery's Sister Blames Death Sentence in Part on Being Poor
Lisa Montgomery is slated to be the first woman on federal death row to be put to death since 1953. Her sister is asking for the Department of Justice to withdraw the scheduled execution due to Montgomery's history of abuse, poverty and mental health challenges.
Second Death Row Inmate Scheduled for Execution Tests Positive for COVID-19
Corey Johnson and Dustin Higgs, both federal death row inmates scheduled to be executed next month, tested positive for COVID-19 this week.
Death Row Inmate Dustin Higgs Not Surprised by Virus Diagnosis
"They have been testing a lot of guys" at the Indiana prison, Higgs' attorney said, which is why his client was not shocked by the diagnosis.
Gabriel Fernandez's Killer Among Inmates Who Received Jobless Benefits
More than $140 million in benefits was paid to around 20,000 California state inmates between March and August, prosecutors said.
CA GOP Slams Unemployment Dept for Death Row Inmates Getting Benefits
Investigations have so far uncovered more than $400,000 in benefits paid to death row inmates, and more than $140 million given to other incarcerated people in California.
Julius Jones Case Explained: Kim Kardashian Takes Up Death Row Prisoner's C
Jones was sentenced to death nearly 20 years ago, despite many criticizing the way that his case was handled. Kardashian West and other celebrities have spoken out against his sentencing.
U.S. Schedules Execution Of Woman Who Killed Pregnant Woman, Cut Baby Out
Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, is set to die by lethal injection at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana on December 8, the Department of Justice said.
Black Man Convicted by All-White Jury Set to Be Executed
Orlando Hall's execution is scheduled for November 19 at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, the Department of Justice said.
Zak Bagans Adds John Wayne Gacy's Clown Self-Portrait to His Collection
The "Ghost Adventures" host purchased paintings and other items that once belonged to the killer from his stepdaughter.
Only Native American on Federal Death Row Executed
Lezmond Mitchell, a Navajo, was put to death at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, for the 2001 slayings of a Navajo woman and her 9-year-old granddaughter.
Inmate Felt 'Excruciating Pain' And Sensation Of Drowning During Execution
Wesley Purkey experienced the sensation of drowning while he was conscious but paralyzed after being injected with pentobarbital, new court filings have alleged.
U.S. Set to Execute Only Native American on Federal Death Row
Lezmond Mitchell, 37, a Navajo, is scheduled to be put to death on August 26 at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Tennessee Death Row Inmate Seeks DNA Testing, Says It Will Prove Innocence
Pervis Payne is set to be executed on December 3 for the 1987 slaying of 28-year-old Charisse Christopher and her toddler daughter.
U.S. Executes Wesley Purkey, Who Calls It a 'Sanitized Murder'
Wesley Ira Purkey was put to death at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, hours after the Supreme Court cleared the way for his execution to proceed.
Judge Halts Wesley Purkey's Execution After Attorneys Say He's Not Fit
Purkey, 68, was scheduled to die by lethal injection at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, on Wednesday.
Wesley Purkey Faces Execution—His Attorneys Say He Doesn't Understand Why
Purkey, 68, of Lansing, Kansas is scheduled to receive the lethal injection at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana on Wednesday.
Daniel Lewis Lee Attorney Says Execution Was 'Shameful'
'It is beyond shameful that the government, in the end, carried out this execution in haste, in the middle of the night, while the country was sleeping," Ruth Friedman, one of Lee's attorneys, said.
Who Is Daniel Lewis Lee? First Federal Inmate to Be Executed in 17 Years
The 47-year-old, of Yukon, Oklahoma, is scheduled to receive the lethal injection at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana for the 1996 killings of an Arkansas family.
Federal Execution Planner Tests Positive for Coronavirus
In a court filing, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) said the employee tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday.
Billy Wardlow Gets Lethal Injection as Texas Resumes Executions
The 45-year-old was executed at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the fatal shooting of 82-year-old Carl Cole in June 1993.
Victims' Family Call for Federal Execution to Be Halted Due to Coronavirus
Daniel Lewis Lee is scheduled to be executed on July 13 for the killing of an Arkansas family in 1996.
Billy Joe Wardlow Shouldn't Be Executed, Fiancee Says: 'He's Not A Monster'
Billy Joe Wardlow was sentenced to death for a crime he committed 27 years ago when he was 18. He is set to be executed in Texas on July 8.
Convicted Murderers on Death Row Die of Coronavirus Complications
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reported Friday that convicted killers Scott Thomas Erskine and Manuel Machado Alvarez, both in their fifties, died of coronavirus complications.
The U.S. is Set to Execute a Man With Dementia. He Won't Even Know Why
Wesley Purkey has schizophrenia, brain damage, bipolar disorder, Alzheimer's and dementia. The Constitution requires the prisoner to understand why he is being executed. He clearly doesn't meet that test.
Supreme Court Halts Texas Man's Execution One Hour Before Scheduled Death
Ruben Gutierrez, 43, had been scheduled to die at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville for fatally stabbing an 85-year-old woman in 1998.
Pennsylvania Death Row Inmate Freed After Judge Overturns Conviction
Walter Ogrod spent almost 30 years behind bars for the murder of 4-year-old Barbara Jean Horn in 1988.