Norris Blaine initially claimed to be innocent, but as the DA was ready to seek the death penalty for the murder, he took a plea deal just ahead of the trial in exchange for life in prison without ...

An Australian woman awaiting trial in the US over the death of her stepdaughter will not face the death penalty. US prosecutors have withdrawn their intention to seek the death penalty "without ...

The Georgia House unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday lessening the threshold for a person facing the death penalty to be considered intellectually disabled, which would make them ineligible for ...

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 ...

Death by firing squad and medical-aid in dying, taking an oral solution of drugs mixed with apple juice, are alternative execution methods that would be more “humane,” Hoffman’s attorneys said.

Bondi is moving quickly to reverse Biden administration policies, and right at the top of her list is the federal death penalty, which Biden opposed. The Biden Justice Department imposed a ...

Gov. Jeff Landry is pushing Louisiana to resume executing death row prisoners, with the state potentially carrying out its first executions since 2010 next month with nitrogen gas on the table.

LIVINGSTON, Texas - David Leonard Wood is angry. He’s angry that he’s been on Texas Death Row for nearly four decades when no DNA evidence links him to the murders of six women and girls in El ...

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A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mouthed one final message before being put to death in Texas on Thursday, 20 years after he killed his strip club manager and another man.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The state of Tennessee has filed orders to reset execution dates for death row inmates Byron Black, Oscar Smith, Harold Nichols, and Donald Middlebrooks. The last ...

FROM A JUDGE ON WHETHER THE USE OF GAS TO EXECUTE A DEATH ROW INMATE IS CONSTITUTIONAL. JESSE HOFFMAN IS ACCUSED OF RAPING AND KILLING A WOMAN NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO IN SAINT TAMMANY. AND THE CASE ...