From the daily newsletter: an editor’s note from Daniel Zalewski. Plus: Jia Tolentino on Joan Didion on Martha Stewart; ...

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has finalized and implemented an updated protocol that allows for ...

Demetrius Terrence Frazier's final meal was a popular takeaway choice, after spending three decades in prison.

Every week, behind a half dozen security doors that lead to Unit 2—Tennessee’s death row—Kevin Burns holds a worship service. He leads Communion, prayer, liturgy, and a sermon with men who share his ...

Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

SCI Rockview, Pennsylvania’s first State Correctional Institution to contain a “death house,” could close down soon after ...

Sheriff Bonner seeks new facilities to address a crisis in Shelby County Jail after two recent inmate deaths, emphasizing ...

Governor Landry emphasized that this method will ensure Louisiana’s ability to carry out death sentences in a timely and effective manner.