Bryan Kohberger faces four counts of murder and burglary over the killings of University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, ...

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

Those housed in the O'Daniel Unit in Gatesville, including such names as Melissa Lucio, have had their lives touched by a ...

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

The Louisiana Legislature approved the use of nitrogen gas executions last year, following Alabama's implementation of the ...

This is the eleventh installment in a series of articles intended to provide the reader with a very high-level overview of ...

The estranged husband of an art dealer who was found stabbed to death in Brazil last year has been charged with hiring a hit man.

PHOENIX — The state is set to conduct an execution next month, its first in two years. In an order late Tuesday, the Arizona ...

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.

The United Nations has recommended introducing a suspension on application of the death penalty in Bangladesh. "Introduce a moratorium on the application of the death penalty, including in the ...

With the support of Governor Jeff Landry, Louisiana’s Attorney General, Liz Murrill, signaled the state is ready to resume executions.