Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.

Mississippi is set to carry out its 20th execution by lethal injection as Richard Jordan, who's sat on death row for 48 years ...

The Associated Press reported that Richard Gerald Jordan is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at the Mississippi State ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Texas death row inmate who is seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for execution.

Federal Courts Now an Avenue for Inmates to Challenge Texas DNA Testing Laws The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a ...

Clive Stafford Smith, who is retired from Death Row law, continues to campaign against the penalty and claims the US is ...

One person was killed and nine others were injured on Saturday as a result of a "chaotic" shooting at a Juneteenth event in ...

— The longest-serving man on Mississippi's death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer's wife in a violent ransom scheme. Richard Gerald ...

For nearly 15 years, a man on death row in Texas has sought DNA testing to try and prove he did not kill an 85-year-old woman ...

Mississippi has 37 death row inmates and all but one are men. Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, is the longest-serving death row ...

South Carolina Department of Corrections death chamber with the gurney used in lethal injections . NO. 3: AUTOPSY REVEALS THAT SECOND SOUTH CAROLINA DEATH ROW INMATE DIED WITH FLUID IN HIS LUNGS ...