Margie “Velma” Barfield — nicknamed “Death Row Granny” — wore pink pajamas as she was put to death on Nov. 2, 1984. Barfield ...

Although increased litigation costs are the largest reasons for the expense of the death penalty, they are not alone. | ...

In our series on how Biden can use the lame duck period to secure civil liberties and civil rights, we examine how Biden can ...

Despite thousands of signatures and calls for change, Governor Henry McMaster did not grant Richard Moore clemency Friday, ...

Friday night in North Charleston, the ‘South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty’ group held a vigil for ...

A series of “mysterious deaths” surrounded a woman executed 40 years ago in North Carolina, historians said. Margie “Velma” Barfield — nicknamed “Death Row Granny” — wore pink ...

NORTH CHARLESTON ... Alternatives to the Death Penalty’ group held a vigil for Richard Moore at Cokesbury United Methodist Church. The group had previously asked South Carolina Governor McMaster ...

An Idaho judge has scheduled the execution of the state's longest-serving death row inmate following a botched attempt to administer his sentence earlier this year.

Two North Carolina troopers were killed 67 years ago, sparking the state’s largest manhunt.

He has also accompanied police on undercover drug buys and also provided an award winning, eyewitness account of the execution of a North Carolina death row inmate. Scott was part of the OC ...

Allen had been on death row since 2002. Appeals can last decades ... Mahdi, who showed no remorse, had also killed a store clerk in North Carolina before coming to South Carolina. In a concurring ...