A South Carolina death row inmate is again asking for his execution to be postponed since his lawyers have not received the ...

A condemned man who is the next person scheduled to be put to death in South Carolina has asked to see the autopsy report of ...

It's been 15 years since Louisiana executed a death row prisoner. Here's when the death penalty started in Louisiana and what ...

Authorities say Trooper Nikky Green was fatally shot with his own gun while trying to arrest Ricky Malone for allegedly ...

A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mouthed one final message before being put to death in Texas on ...

Two men convicted of murder were executed Thursday night, marking the fourth and fifth executions in the United States this ...

Arizona has set an execution date for a convicted killer on death row, marking the state's return to the death penalty after ...

Twenty-three states have abolished the death penalty. California should join them in ending state-sponsored executions.

A memo directs DOJ staff to pursue the death penalty for undocumented immigrants who have been charged with capital crimes, ...

Larry Wayne Whitehead, 62, was convicted in 1996 for the death of Albertville police officer and detective Andrew Whitten. Whitten was set to testify against Whitehead in an upcoming theft trial, ...

Congolese authorities announced that over 170 prisoners on death row over armed robberies would be executed. A recent video on TikTok purportedly shows the alleged convicts before, during and after ...

A man — who was convicted in Texas of a double homicide and confessed to killing two others — sought penance from the ...