WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT As the death penalty continues to be a point of heated debate 60 years since the last person was ...

In March, South Carolina executed Brad Sigmon, who was sentenced to death for killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a ...

Cleophus Cooksey was arrested in December 2017 after police responded to a call at his mother’s home and found him with blood ...

Tennessee has plenty of prison space to incarcerate the “worst of the worst,” saving Tennesseans a whole heap of money in ...

George Ryan, the former Republican governor of Illinois, died at the age of 91, leaving behind a legacy as a champion of ...

A judge ruled Bryan Kohberger, who is autistic, according to his lawyers, could still be put to death if he is convicted of ...

The amendments in the Offences Against the Person (Amendment) Bill increase the mandatory minimum sentence for non-capital ...

Starting with capital punishment’s financial costs, he found that, across the nation, capital cases cost on average “$700,000 ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi recently said she is "signing death warrants" as President Donald Trump brings back capital ...

The State of Florida intends to seek the death penalty against David Barber, the man accused of killing 72-year-old Jessie Kirk in March, officials said.

Wyandotte County judge agreed with death penalty criticisms but said the case was invalid because both defendants no longer ...

A Republican, he imposed a moratorium on capital punishment, saying he could not support a death-row system “so fraught with ...