An man convicted of murdering a woman after breaking into her apartment as she slept was put to death Thursday evening in ...
A memo directs DOJ staff to pursue the death penalty for undocumented immigrants who have been charged with capital crimes, ...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by Florida Death Row inmate James Ford, setting the stage for his ...
An execution death has been set for Aaron Gunches after the Arizona Supreme Court issued a death warrant for him.
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 ...
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said crime victims and their families have waited too long for justice in the form of death ...
Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would allow child rapists to be sentenced to death as some Republicans ...
The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...
Governor Jeff Landry announced a state of emergency was declared and that Louisiana will start doing execution by nitrogen ...