Richard Glossip’s Supreme Court case became a focal point in the national debate over the death penalty, which critics say is unjust or unfairly applied.

As South Carolina prepares to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, here are the ways each state conducts capital punishment, according to Death Penalty Information Center: Georgia, along with ...

A federal appeals court tossed Brittany Holberg's death sentence after it found that prosecutors failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant.

A bill that got unanimous support and a standing ovation in the Georgia House this week looks to make it easier for intellectually disabled people to avoid the death penalty, bringing the Peach ...

One need not even accept this newspaper’s position that the death penalty is immoral, as there is no recourse for an execution made in error, and impractical, with legal fees alone siphoning ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who has ...