Mikal Mahdi burned the body of Orangeburg County Deputy James Edward Myers after shooting him 9 times. The death row inmate ...

Efforts to repeal the death penalty, not carried out in Pennsylvania since 1999, were revived this week with the introduction of legislation backed by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. The measure - ...

Officials have not released anything about the death of Travis P. Shorts, 34, who died at 2:55 a.m. on March 6 at Geisinger Medical Center near Danville. He had been hospitalized elsewhere on Feb. 10 ...

The 2025 legislative session is in full swing at the Idaho Statehouse in Boise and Governor Little just signed one of the most intriguing bills into law.

FILE - This image provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows Alabama death row inmate Robin “Rocky” Myers who was convicted in the 1991 killing of his neighbor, Ludie Mae Tucker.

Six death row inmates have been executed in the U.S. so far this year, compared to two by this time last year.

The bill, which has nine sponsors right now, proposes amending the N.C. Constitution to require legislative approval of all clemency granted by the governor.

As South Carolina prepares to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, here are the ways each state conducts capital punishment.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin "Rocky" Myers to life in prison Friday, saying there were enough questions about his guilt that she could not move ...

Before Tuesday, North Carolina had 136 offenders on death row, among the top 5 largest death rows in the U.S. Gov. Roy Cooper's office said it had received clemency petitions from 89 of them.