Aileen Wuornos, once dubbed the “Damsel of Death” and “Queen of Serial Killers,” remains one of the most notorious figures in ...

DALLAS — Just one week before he was scheduled to be put to death, the Court of Criminal Appeals blocked Robert Roberson’s execution, sending the case back to trial court. State Representative Lacey ...

Inside the death chamber at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. (Photo provided by the Indiana Department of Correction) Death row inmate Roy Lee Ward was executed by lethal injection early ...

Editor’s Note: Lance Shockley was executed on Oct. 14 at Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri. He was declared dead at 6:13 p.m Central time. For Father’s Day ...

NBC News’ Lester Holt is dropping a new Dateline podcast on Monday, taking a look at the high-profile death row case of Robert Roberson. Roberson, 58, whose execution was delayed last year, has been ...

The Mississippi Supreme Court denied a last-minute emergency petition to stay the execution of death row inmate Charles Ray Crawford. Crawford's attorneys argued his original trial lawyers improperly ...