The South Carolina Department of Corrections’ website has searchable information on inmates, including infractions, classes ...

The increase in state-sanctioned killings, concentrated in just a few states, is a terrifying measure of the political ...

Congresswoman Nancy Mace is attempting to rename the area formerly known as D.C.'s Black Lives Matter Plaza in honor of late ...

Harold Wayne Nichols confessed to killing Karen Pulley, a 20-year-old college student, as well as raping several other women ...

Forty-four death row inmates across the U.S. have been executed this year, reaching a level not seen in more than a decade.

South Carolina's execution of Stephen Bryant has reignited debate over the use of the firing squad, which is authorized in ...

SC federal officials mull whether to seek the death penalty against Columbia rapper Zachary Chapman, alleged chief of a ...

A 58-year-old Florence woman is facing a murder charge after allegedly stabbing a man to death with a knife on Monday, ...

A South Carolina man died Saturday while locked up at a jail, according to the Aiken County Coroner’s Office. At about 3:20 a.m. Saturday, 37-year-old Aiken resident Kevin V. Rodriguez was found ...

"Death sentences are the most serious sanctions that governments can inflict on human beings, so all must be carefully reviewed for accuracy and fairness before an execution is scheduled," said Robin ...

Around 20,000 people gathered to watch the execution, the largest crowd for a hanging in early American history. The crime? Sedition. Thomas Hickey, a member of George Washington’s personal guard, was ...