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.

Andrew Drury, 42, was found unresponsive in the intake room of Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility on Sunday afternoon.

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.

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.

A Philadelphia man was ordered Friday to stand trial in Cambria County court in the November stabbing death of an Adams ...

Court hearing for South Dakota’s lone death row inmate A doctor in Nebraska is waiting for his sentence after being found guilty of manslaughter for the death of a Sioux Falls woman.