Circuit Judge Melanie Chase late Wednesday afternoon issued a 14-page ruling that denied a motion aimed at preventing the ...

Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall explores the history of firing squads in the U.S. ahead of South Carolina’s planned execution ...

Attorneys for death row inmate Brad Sigmon have filed a motion with the South Carolina Supreme Court requesting a stay of his execution.

Brad Sigmon, set for execution by firing squad on March 7, seeks a delay, citing concerns over South Carolina’s lethal ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Oklahoma inmate Richard Glossip must receive a new trial in the 1997 killing of a motel owner in ...

Attorneys for Brad Sigmon, the next SC death row inmate, raised concerns in a Feb. 26 filing over the autopsy report for ...

Ruben Gutierrez wants to be able to sue prosecutors to compel them to test evidence that he says will prove he did not kill a Brownsville woman in 1998.

The Supreme Court on Feb. 25 threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who has ...

Barry Van Treese's family is "confident" Oklahoma's Richard Glossip will be found guilty after the Supreme Court tossed his ...

A fractured Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, whose appeal drew ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-3 decision to overturn Richard Glossip’s conviction and death sentence highlights concerns over a fair trial, with death penalty opponents praising the ruling as a potential ...

Richard Glossip has eaten three "last meals" and been married twice while awaiting execution. Now, he is getting a new trial.