Maryland has agreed to pay the first death row inmate exonerated post-conviction by DNA an additional $83,000.

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Welcome to Monday, the 49th anniversary of the broadcast premiere of “Brian’s Song.” Here are some news items to get your week started. — Sexual harassment remains a problem in New York courts, survey says. — Former death-row inmate seeks ...

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MEMPHIS, Tennessee — The daughter of a man executed 13 years ago for murder does not have standing to seek DNA testing of evidence in the case, a Memphis judge ruled Monday, but the judge also said the ruling wasn’t ...

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Attorneys making music heads news summary that includes victim-impact statements, Los Angeles tenants reach settlement and Virginia's death row.

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The remaining death row inmates will instead serve a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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With only two months left before Republican Larry Hogan takes office, Gov. Martin O'Malley might take action to commute the sentences of four men who remain on Maryland's death row.

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The fundamental nature of Virginia's death row will be altered if a judge's decision striking down automatic solitary confinement of condemned inmates is allowed to stand, an attorney for the state told a federal appeals court Tuesday.

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A man who has spent 28 years on death row and was once two hours away from execution will get a new trial after the Florida Supreme Court said Thursday that a retest of evidence makes it ...

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BOISE, Idaho — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected Idaho death row inmate Gerald Pizzuto Jr.’s claim that he is too mentally disabled to be executed. A three-judge panel ruled Monday that the Idaho Supreme Court correctly ...

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PHOENIX — An Arizona woman who spent more than two decades on death row was released on bond Friday after a judge ruled there’s no direct evidence linking her to the death of her young son, other than a purported ...

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