A new short documentary explores the life of death-row prisoner John Henry Ramirez before he was executed in 2022. “I Am ...

Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...

The proposal would link capital punishment abolishment with prohibitions on state funding for abortion or physician-assisted ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate the day before his scheduled ...

Bowman is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. on Friday at a Columbia, South Carolina prison for the killing of 21-year-old ...

Fans gather in Hialeah after the October death of Cuban reggaeton star El Taiger, whose real name is Jose Manuel Carvajal ...

The world's longest-serving death row inmate is demanding the Japanese government pay him more than $1.3 million in ...

Marion Bowman has decided not to seek clemency from South Carolina’s governor, guaranteeing he will face the death chamber ...

Ohio lawmakers plan to introduce a bill that would end the death penalty and prohibit state funding for abortions and ...

North Carolina is still feeling the adverse impact of the mandatory death penalty prosecution law, despite its repeal. | ...

Former U.S. President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of 40 people on federal death row to life imprisonment. A ...

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a Kentucky mother accused of killing her 3-month-old baby. Brenna Burkhart, 24, ...