A California state prison inmate and four-time convicted murderer has been formally charged with the strangulation murder of ...

Opponents of capital punishment on Friday called on Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to reverse Arkansas' decision to allow ...

Kayle Bates, who's from West Palm Beach, is scheduled to be executed on Aug. 19 for the murder of Janet Renee White.

Ralph Menzies has vascular dementia. His lawyers say let him fade away. The victim's family says: execute him. Utah's parole ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed orders to execute more inmates in one year than any other governor in state history.

The alleged jet ski driver faces up to 20 years in prison for manslaughter, while her accused accomplice could receive up to ...

Court documents have revealed that the Missouri woman who fatally shot her husband could receive the death penalty.

Following the NCAA's penalty announcement to Michigan on Friday, here's a look at some of the more severe punishments in college football history.

The death penalty was authorized for the suspect in the death of Chris Maland, who was gunned down during a Vermont traffic ...

Nearly a year since a Kentucky judge was gunned down in his courthouse chambers, the issue of whether bond is justified for the former sheriff charged in the slaying remains unsettled as he awaits ...

Nearly a year since a Kentucky judge was gunned down in his chambers, the issue of whether bond is justified for the ex-sheriff charged in the slaying remains unsettled as he awaits trial.

A judge had already sent David Lee Roberts for a mental exam. Friday, the prison system officially delayed his execution.