The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a Memphis judge did not have the authority to give a man formerly on death row ...

The man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses -- two fatally -- is now in federal custody on murder ...

The decision by federal authorities to charge Vance Boelter with both stalking and the use of a firearm for the murder of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark opens him up to a potential death ...

A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders was put to death Friday by lethal injection in the state’s ...

Corinna Lane, a former prosecutor, discusses the flaws in the US death penalty system, the pharmaceutical crisis that halted lethal injection, and the humanity of those on death row in her book ...

Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of Nungaray's death. The 12-year-old Houston girl was allegedly killed by two ...

In nearly 350 death penalty cases Maricopa County prosecutors pursued over 20 years, just 13% ended in a death sentence. The ...

A man with two death sentences chose lethal injection after attorneys referenced a problematic firing squad case. Lawyers ...

One year ago, Florida killer Wade Wilson, who shares his name with the alter ego of the Marvel character Deadpool, was ...

Scott Panetti had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, paranoid delusions, depression and insomnia. His case made it to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Oklahoma prosecutors say they will retry longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip a third time for his role in the 1997 ...