Anthony Ray Hinton, who spent decades on death row for murders he did not commit, visited Sacramento on Wednesday to discuss his experience and inspire critical thinking about the justice system.

The Alabama Supreme Court has issued an order to carry out the sentence of death row inmate Charles Lee Burton.

Attorneys for Melvin Trotter had long argued he was intellectually disabled, but he was put to death by lethal injection for ...

Charles Burton has spent more than three decades on death row and is scheduled to be executed March 12 — despite never ...

Burton also is in poor health with rheumatoid arthritis. He primarily uses a wheelchair and has to wear a helmet due to frequent falls, one of his lawyers said.

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As Melvin Trotter faces execution today for a 1986 killing in Florida, his attorneys argue his intellectual disability has ...

Charles "Sonny" Burton, a 75-year-old Black man, is scheduled to be executed on March 12, 2026 for his role in a 1991 robbery in Alabama that turned fatal, despite the fact that he did not fire the ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday signed legislation making certain sexual crimes against young children punishable by death, saying the new law provides the strongest legal protections yet for the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2008 that the death penalty for crimes that did not cause the death of the victim is unconstitutional.