South Carolina gives its death row inmates a choice between lethal injection, the electric chair and the firing squad ... of ...

L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman says he will allow prosecutors in his office to consider pursuing the death penalty, a ...

A murderer who shot a police officer dead before burning his corpse has been executed by firing squad. Mikal Mahdi chose to ...

Whatever arguments are used, the journey toward worldwide rejection of capital punishment will not be concluded quickly. But ...

Karmelo Anthony, 17, is charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing Austin Metcalf during an altercation at an ...