According to the Florida Department of Corrections as of March 16th, 2026, there are currently 249 inmates on death row in the state. Advocates with Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty ...

A man convicted of the 1990 murder of his neighbor while burglarizing her home is scheduled to be the sixth person executed in Florida this year. Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday, March 13, issued a death ...

Governor Ivey's decision to grant clemency is only the second time she has done so since taking office in 2017. Despite the Republican governor' ...

From prison on his scheduled execution day, Charles “Sonny” Burton said he feels he “dodged death” after receiving clemency.

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 13, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Chicago White Sox fans were encouraged ...

For centuries, Catholics have prayed the Stations of the Cross throughout Lent. This solemn Christian season and particular prayer practice prepare our hearts and mind to journey with Christ through ...

Texas death row inmate Cedric Ricks, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend and her 8-year-old son, apologized to a ...

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Charles "Sonny" Burton, a 75-year-old man who was on death row for ...

Travis Scott has filed a brief with the Supreme Court to defend a Texas man whose rap lyrics were used to sentence him to death. Scott calls the decision 'unconstitutional' in his brief.

A man convicted of murdering a brother and sister in Blount and Sevier counties in 1992 is awaiting a mental evaluation that could take him off of death row ahead of his ...

Lance Shockley died by lethal injection last year. State courts have rejected prisoners' requests for DNA testing in recent ...