Two men accused of homicide in Pennsylvania are asking the state Supreme Court to limit a prosecutor's use of the death ...

The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence of Timothy W. Fletcher for the 2009 murder of Helen Googe, rejecting ...

Beshear, a rising star in the Democratic Party, is not a prominent and outspoken abolitionist. In fact, during an October ...

Arkansas prosecutors will be able to seek the death penalty in some rape cases involving children when a new statute takes ...

More than 70% of counties around the world have banned the death penalty, including the European Union. And yet in the U.S., ...

INDIANA – Indiana is set to execute Roy Lee Ward on October 10th for the 2001 rape and murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne.

Bryan Kohberger will be sentenced in Idaho Wednesday after a plea deal removing the death penalty, sparking debate on its ...

When capital punishment was more common, it was easy to claim that people are executed because they are criminals. But now that fewer criminals receive the death penalty, that's no longer the case ...

Thirty years ago, the film “Dead Man Walking” had its debut in movie theaters around the United States. It was a box office hit, and critics lavished it with praise. Lead actress Susan Sarandon won an ...

The governor said Indiana no longer has any usable lethal injection drugs. Instead of purchasing more — and risking ...

Indiana is grappling with the high cost and short shelf life of the drug pentobarbital, which is used in executions.