Two men accused of homicide in Pennsylvania are asking the state Supreme Court to limit a prosecutor's use of the death ...

The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence of Timothy W. Fletcher for the 2009 murder of Helen Googe, rejecting ...

INDIANA – Indiana is set to execute Roy Lee Ward on October 10th for the 2001 rape and murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne.

Bryan Kohberger will be sentenced in Idaho Wednesday after a plea deal removing the death penalty, sparking debate on its ...

More than 70% of counties around the world have banned the death penalty, including the European Union. And yet in the U.S., ...

The governor said Indiana no longer has any usable lethal injection drugs. Instead of purchasing more — and risking ...

Capital punishment methods include beheading, electrocution, hanging, lethal injection and shooting. In some countries, children under the age of 18 are executed, even though it is a violation of ...

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Indiana is grappling with the high cost and short shelf life of the drug pentobarbital, which is used in executions.

Arkansas prosecutors will be able to seek the death penalty in some rape cases involving children when a new statute takes ...

Thirty years ago, the film “Dead Man Walking” had its debut in movie theaters around the United States. It was a box office hit, and critics lavished it with praise. Lead actress Susan Sarandon won an ...

LUCKNOW: A district court in Auraiyya, central Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday awarded capital punishment to a woman named ...