Florida plans to execute Dominick Occhicone later this month for a 1986 Pasco County murder. As his legal team fights to save ...

A man convicted of murdering a mother and son was to have sentencing arguments heard. He was already serving a jail term for ...

Florida is in the process of executing three of its oldest death row inmates back to back — each one older than the last ...

Half a century after approving coercive plea bargaining, the Supreme Court is beginning to recognize its costs.

Gujarat HC upholds death for 38 convicts and life sentence for 11 others, citing "miscarriage of justice" if not imposed. The ...

Like Gov. Mike DeWine, most agreed the death penalty is broken and does not deter crime, but not always with the same ...

Philip Derrow argues that capital punishment is an ineffective policy that conservatives should stop supporting.

"Cases involving such individuals, who commit atrocities against women, should be tried in fast-track courts. Immediate ...

The Mississippi Supreme Court denied death row inmate Anthony Carr's request to pursue an appeal in the 1990 murders of four ...

Support for capital punishment has steadily declined in the United States, with several states rolling back its use.

Prosecutors began closing arguments in the Frisco track meet stabbing trial Thursday, urging jurors to consider the lasting impact of Austin's death. Russia's military hackers targeted home routers ...

The justices' order ends a two-year watch on a petition that death penalty opponents filed directly with the state high court more than two years ago. Two years after the state public defender and ...