Two states are set to see pauses on executions end as Arizona, Louisiana and South Carolina gave execution dates to three men ...

The indictment followed a violent confrontation in St. Thomas’ Hospital Ground area, where Dangleben allegedly opened fire on ...

Some view the death penalty as a “merciful” source of closure to the victim’s family and friends. But after a brief period of ...

A memo from Pam Bondi asked prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for groups including immigrants illegally residing in the ...

Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would allow child rapists to be sentenced to death as some Republicans ...

Two men convicted of murder, including one who has spent more than 25 years on Death Row, are to be executed by lethal ...

Idaho lawmakers advanced a bill to make a firing squad the state’s primary method of execution, as the trial of accused University of Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger approaches. Idaho Department of ...

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 25 people were executed in the United States in 2024. The number of death sentences imposed was 26. There are 2,092 people on death row in the United ...

The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...

A memo directs DOJ staff to pursue the death penalty for undocumented immigrants who have been charged with capital crimes, ...

Idaho Department of Correction estimates renovation costs for a firing squad facility is likely to exceed $1 million.

A proposal moving through Florida’s Legislature would require the death penalty for “unauthorized aliens” who commit a ...