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

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 - ...

In the 25 years since the Columbine massacre, twisted people hoping to get their message out have used the legal system to gain 'internet notoriety' and spread their warped world views ...

Brad Keith Sigmon called for an end to the death penalty before he was executed by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday.

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

Governors in California, Pennsylvania, Oregon and Ohio have ... He was the first death row inmate executed in the state of Florida this year. "The death penalty debases us all," Floridians For ...

Death Row Inmate Sues Pennsylvania Prison for Keeping Him in Solitary Confinement for a Quarter Century A Pennsylvania death row inmate that has spent over a quarter century in solitary ...

Meanwhile, Louisiana plans to execute a Death Row inmate in March using another ... while three others – California, Oregon and Pennsylvania – have moratoriums in place. Three states ...

It is troubling that after a respite of over two years, the State of Arizona is set to resume executions and has scheduled ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison after noting questions about his case.

Hoffman, Sepulvado and seven other inmates are plaintiffs in a federal civil rights lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Louisiana's death penalty. Lawyers for the group filed an emergency ...