The documentary, directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Smriti Mundhra for MTV Documentary Films, focuses on the days leading up to Ramirez's execution as he sought forgiveness from his victim’s son.

PHOENIX — Aaron Gunches, an inmate on Arizona’s death row, is telling the state Supreme Court he is ready to die. In a hand-written legal brief, Gunches, who had pleaded guilty to the 2002 ...

Nimisha Priya, on death row in Yemen, clings to hope for a last-minute pardon, with her husband Tomy Thomas appealing for forgiveness. Convicted of murdering her business sponsor, Talal Abdo Mahdi ...

Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 people on North Carolina's death row to life without parole. Before these commutations, the state had 136 offenders on death row and the Governor’s ...

Marion Bowman Jr.,44, is on death row for the killing of 21-year-old Kandee Martin in 2001. Martin was shot in the head and her body was found in the trunk of a car that had been burned.

N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 North Carolinian inmates on death row to life without the possibility of parole on his last day in office Tuesday, the largest clemency action of ...

CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. — One of Roy Cooper’s final acts as governor was to commute the sentences of 15 death row inmates. They will remain in prison for life without the possibility of parole.

reducing the state’s death row population by more than 10%. Cooper, who was barred from seeking a third consecutive four-year term, will give way to fellow Democrat Josh Stein on Wednesday when ...

The Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday that it is extending all possible help to explore relevant options in the case of an Indian nurse facing a death sentence in Yemen. “We are aware ...

Zimbabwe has officially abolished the death penalty after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law a bill on Tuesday which will commute sentences of around 60 prisoners on death row to jail time.

Uncertainty wracked the family of 34-year-old Nimisha Priya, who was sentenced to death by the Yemeni president on Monday. Uncertainty wracked the family of 34-year-old Nimisha Priya, who was ...

Editor’s note: This report has been corrected to specify that the sentences in North Carolina were commuted. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of 15 ...