Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright's new book, 'Redemption: Faith, Justice, and Sisterhood on Death Row,' offers ...

Mississippi death row inmate Lisa Jo Chamberlin argues gender bias evidence evoking negative stereotypes of women improperly swayed a jury.

Wright’s reporting initially resulted in a 20,000-word magazine story, “ The Nuns Trying to Save the Women on Texas’ Death ...

A failed execution in Tennessee has renewed attention on women on death row. Here are the women on North Carolina’s death row.

Pike, now 50, is set to be the first woman executed in the state in over 200 years on September 30. She is 'terrified' of dying a 'painful' death by lethal injection and has instead asked to be shot ...

The first woman sentenced to death in Tennessee in 200 years said she is “at peace” before her rare execution — as the state’s governor declined to get involved in her last-ditch bid for clemency.

A female Tennessee death row inmate has asked that she be killed by an all-female execution squad after she was convicted for ...

She is the youngest woman ever sentenced to death in America — and nearly 30 years after a murder that shocked the nation, ...

It's been a long 30-year wait, but the day has almost arrived. Next week, May Martinez plans to sit in the front row of a Tennessee execution chamber, clutching a picture of her late daughter as she ...