A politician who represents Georgia suggested a migrant accused of setting a woman on fire on the New York City subway should ...

As a state prosecutor and district attorney, I became keenly aware that the death penalty does not serve victims or our ...

A judge has ruled that prosecutors can seek the death penalty against a Rural Hall man accused of killing his girlfriend in ...

An Idaho man whose father was executed in 2012 — the most recent prisoner put to death by the state — will spend up to 50 ...

University of Idaho killings suspect Bryan Kohberger was reportedly investigated in connection with a home invasion case a ...

President-elect Donald Trump has announced plans to direct the Justice Department to "vigorously pursue" the death penalty for violent criminals, including rapists and murderers, upon taking office on ...

Tarell McMillian, accused of killing Officer Horan at a Greensboro Food Lion, made his first court appearance Thursday as Horan’s family and officers looked on.

President-elect Donald Trump, who hopes to expand federal use of the death penalty, condemns President Joe Biden’s decision ...

On the same day that President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of seven Texans, Gov. Greg Abbott issued his own set of ...

Donald Trump spent Christmas wishing ill to his enemies and wondering why President Joe Biden wouldn’t want to execute inmates ...

Victims' families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions shared a range of emotions on ...

One of the people who took a plea deal in connection with the Pike County Massacre will be sentenced to prison in early January.