Busby’s execution, set for Thursday evening, had been halted by a federal appeals court less than a week ago.

Gavin Newsom has sought to transform California’s massive prison system into a Nordic-style rehabilitation program. Newsom has placed a moratorium on all executions, transferred condemned prisoners to facilities across the state,

Tanner Horner will spend life in one of America’s most brutal death row prisons after murdering Athena Strand.

Edward Busby was executed by lethal injection Thursday, reinforcing Texas’ position as the nation's leader in capital punishment.

But inmates told us a different story. For some, the devices have become personal sex machines. In the words of one inmate, California’s death row is populated with desperately “horny” criminals who see the tablets as a way to satisfy their basest fantasies and desires—all thanks to the California taxpayer.

Florida's death row population is currently 250, with one biological woman and one transgender woman among them. Tina Brown is the only biological woman on Florida's death row, convicted for the 2010 murder of Audreanna Zimmerman. Florida has sentenced 17 ...

Florida's death row population is decreasing, with 250 people currently on the roster. Tina Brown is the only biological woman on Florida's death row, with a trans woman also among the condemned. Seventeen women have been sentenced to death in Florida's ...

The Department of Justice has directed federal prisons to expand the range of methods used for executions to include firing squads, gas asphyxiation and electrocution. In a memo released on April 24, the department said the move will "strengthen" the death ...