In a strongly worded essay for Project Syndicate titled ‘Indian Politics Are a Family Business’, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor ...

After three executions in less than a year – ending a nearly 15-year pause in Indiana’s use of capital punishment – it’s not clear when the state will carry out another. Five men remain on Indiana’s ...

Kwame Ajamu spent three years on Ohio's death row and 28 years in prison for a 1975 Cleveland murder he didn't commit. Ajamu, his brother and his friend are among 11 death row exonerees in Ohio. Ajamu ...

A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student in 1993 was executed Wednesday. Charles Crawford, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. following a ...

The soul legend died at the age of 51 on Tuesday, Oct. 14 after living with pancreatic cancer Sarah Jones joined PEOPLE as a Senior Reporter in 2025. She previously covered news as a field producer ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – One day before the scheduled execution of a Missouri man convicted of killing a state trooper two decades ago, Gov. Mike Kehoe announced his decision to deny clemency. Lance ...

State lawmakers have taken up President Trump’s aggressive push to expand the use of the death penalty, setting up legislative and legal battles that could make a wider range of crimes subject to ...

An 81-year-old inmate who was the "longest serving resident of South Carolina's Death Row" died of natural causes this week, officials said. Fred Singleton passed away Monday at the Kirkland ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina inmate who spent 42 years on death row has died of natural causes at a prison hospital, according to the state Department of Corrections. Fred Singleton, 81, was ...

A series of executions are set to take place across the United States in the coming week. Roy Ward’s execution in Indiana was the first of six scheduled to be carried out in six different states over ...

Charles Ray Crawford is scheduled for execution in October 2025 for the 1993 kidnapping and murder of a Mississippi college student. Lawyers are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the execution, ...

Mississippi is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a request to stop the execution of Charles Ray Crawford. Crawford, on death row for over 30 years, was convicted of the 1993 kidnapping, rape, and ...