A notorious Japanese serial killer known as the “Black Widow” has died on death row while awaiting execution for poisoning multiple elderly men with cyanide to get nearly $9 million in inheritances.

A California judge denies a petition for release or retrial but the legal team vows to continue to fight the conviction ...

The Tennessee Department of Corrections says they have now completed a comprehensive review of the lethal injection protocol.

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More than 2 years after Tennessee abruptly halted the execution of inmate Oscar Smith, the state has announced a new lethal ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Dec. 23 The Washington Post on President Biden's commutation of death sentences ...

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As a state prosecutor and district attorney, I became keenly aware that the death penalty does not serve victims or our ...

Japanese death-row inmate Chisako Kakehi, dubbed the "Black Widow" after she used cyanide to kill her elderly lovers​, has ...

An Idaho man whose father was executed in 2012 — the most recent prisoner put to death by the state — will spend up to 50 ...

Billionaires and big business are pledging to donate to the president-elect’s inaugural fund like never before.