Texas death row inmate Cedric Ricks, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend and her 8-year-old son, apologized to a surviving victim before execution.

An Alabama inmate scheduled for execution in a few days has been officially taken off death row. Gov. Kay Ivey announced Tuesday she commuted the death sentence of Charles L. Burton to life in prison ...

From prison on his scheduled execution day, Charles “Sonny" Burton said he feels he “dodged death" after receiving clemency. He called the decision “a gift from God." ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Charles "Sonny" Burton, sparing the 75-year-old inmate from a scheduled execution on March 12.

The governor of Alabama has granted clemency to a man on death row for three decades, a rare move that spares the accomplice ...