Just days before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, the Department of Justice has announced its decision to ...

A Japanese death-row inmate, dubbed the "Black Widow" after she used cyanide to kill her elderly lovers, has died in a detention center at age 78, officials said on Friday. Chisako Kakehi was ...

Three men remain on federal death row: Robert Bowers, convicted in the attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh that left 11 worshippers dead; Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted in the Boston ...

A former federal prosecutor in the case that sent a man to death row says it is difficult to see a “remorseless murderer” be relieved of his sentence following President Biden’s decision on ...

President Biden's recent move to commute the sentences of 37 of 40 federal inmates on death row has been met with praise by some and criticism by others, who say it's unclear why the president ...

President Joe Biden’s announcement that he’s taking 37 people off federal death row resulted in praise from some families and deep disappointment from others. The 37 inmates impacted by the ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's decision to commute the sentences of nearly every federal death row inmate to life in prison without the chance for parole has ignited a fierce debate about ...

a move that prevents President-elect Donald Trump from executing most men on federal death row. “Make no mistake: I condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts ...

President Biden commuted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates, sparing them from execution, but excluded three men convicted of notorious mass killings: Robert Bowers, who killed 11 ...

Rep. Ayanna Pressley praised President Joe Biden’s recent decision to commute the sentences of nearly all the people on federal death row, calling it a “historic and groundbreaking act” in a ...

William Brangham: In one of the most significant moves against capital punishment, President Joe Biden has commuted the sentence of 37 of the 40 prisoners on federal death row. They will stay in ...