For Charles Victor Thompson, the one constant in his life has been the almost three decades he's spent as Inmate No. 00999306 ...

Sept. 25 (UPI) --The United States executed two death row inmates on Thursday evening -- one in Alabama and the other in Texas -- during a year that has seen an uptick in inmates being put to death.

More than half of prisoners sentenced to death in the United States have been on death row for more than 18 years. Texas, ...

Separated from the general prison population, Texas death row inmates spend at least 22 hours a day alone in their cells.

Roberson said he was placing his hopes for another execution stay in the hands of his lawyers, his supporters and God.

Bishops in multiple U.S. states are leading efforts to spare the lives of condemned prisoners facing execution.