The standstill is due in part to pharmaceutical companies’ opposition to use of their products in the drug concoction that creates a lethal injection in Ohio Dr.

On the 30th anniversary of the nation's worst act of domestic terrorism, the youngest survivors tell their stories of grief ...

Luigi Mangione was indicted Thursday on a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a necessary step for prosecutors to seek the death penalty.

The men had their death sentences commuted under the Biden administration, but say they are being punished by being ...

Wyandotte County Judge Bill Klapper didn’t strike down Kansas’ death penalty law but appeared highly skeptical of it.

A Wyandotte County judge agreed with criticisms of the death penalty, but he said the case was invalid because both ...

Attorneys in an MS-13 case raised concerns after federal prosecutors in a Reno case said they would not seek death, then ...

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

As the state resumes executions of death row prisoners, a bill in the legislature aims to cut back on the time people convicted of crimes can spend trying to reduce or overturn their sentences, and it ...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced its intent to seek the maximum penalty against 56-year-old Ishmael Petty should its ...

A Boone County judge on Monday will hear a motion by Deandra Buchanan to reopen his 2002 triple murder case, with the ...

Luigi Mangione asked a federal judge in New York on Friday to stop the government from seeking the death penalty if he’s ...