A jury found Roberto Carlos Cortez and Juan Jose Bueno, both 30, guilty of the attack on inmate Steven Lovely.

A South Carolina death row inmate was executed on Friday, marking the third time in four months the state has carried out the death penalty.

South Carolina is preparing to execute the third inmate to be put to death since September as the state goes through a ...

Marion Bowman Jr., a 44-year-old inmate, is scheduled to be executed Friday night, marking the first execution in South ...

Death row inmate Marion Bowman Jr., a 44-year-old Dorchester County native, is scheduled to be executed Friday night, marking ...

Christopher Lightsey, the man who is on death row for a murder he committed in 1993 in Kern County, was resentenced to death ...

Capital punishment has continued to become rarer in recent years, and public opinion of the practice keeps growing dimmer ...

Scott Peterson was found guilty of first-degree murder for the death of his wife Laci and second-degree murder for his unborn ...

He was sent to San Quentin State Prison, where he would remain on death row for over 15 years. April 2009: The Civil Suit Is Dropped Laci’s parents decided to drop their wrongful death lawsuit against ...

New York Times bestselling author Caitlin Rother, a retired investigative journalist in San Diego, will release an updated ...

Federal prosecutors alleged Ronaldo Ayala, reputed to be a powerful member of the Mexican Mafia prison gang, conspired with ...

Ayala, who was transferred last year from San Quentin to Centinela state prison as Gov. Gavin Newsom shut down death row, has yet to enter a plea. It wasn't clear Friday whether he was represented ...