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 ...

By Ritika Jain On the morning of January 20, anticipation filled the courtroom in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram district as the ...

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

Ford was convicted of murdering Kimberly and Gregory Malnory, whose toddler daughter was found covered in her mother's blood ...

I Am Ready, Warden,” nominated for an Oscar, follows John Henry Ramirez in the days before he was executed in Texas for murder. It also spotlights the sons of both Ramirez and his victim.

In Pennsylvania, it’s possible to be convicted of murder and receive a life sentence without parole without ever having ...

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

Rowan Wilson, the chief judge of New York State’s highest court, used his State of the Judiciary address to push back against ...

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