The Alabama House of Representatives voted 86-5 for the bill that would allow prosecutors to pursue the death penalty when an ...

Bills changing unemployment requirements, imposing the death penalty and requiring parental consent for vaccines passed the ...

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

Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced the state will resume executions after a 15-year hiatus, potentially using the ...

The death penalty has been withdrawn in the case of a Kentucky mom charged in her daughter’s death. A judge signed an order ...

The Arizona Supreme Court has set a March 19 execution date for a man who pleaded guilty to murder more than 17 years ago and ...

Alabama lawmakers moved forward with a bill allowing the death penalty for child rapists, hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will reassess its 2008 decision that deemed such punishment unconstitutional.

The state has shifted its legal theory about Elena Hembree's death. Erica Lawson still faces prosecution in the child's death ...

Raymond Lee Oyler set a fire that killed five firefighters in 2006. The California Supreme Court will decide if he remains on death row, writes Robin Epley of The Sacramento Bee.

An execution death has been set for Aaron Gunches after the Arizona Supreme Court issued a death warrant for him.

Governor Landry announced that the La. Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections has finalized and implemented an updated ...