The death penalty, or capital punishment, is the state-enacted execution of a person as punishment for a capital crime.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — More than two years after the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students shocked the rural ...

Since the death penalty was reinstated by the Supreme Court in 1976, there have been 1,625 executions, most of which took place at the state level. Today, 27 states have the death penalty.

This is Hood’s representation of the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith in an Alabama death chamber on Jan. 25, 2024. Smith was sentenced to death for his role in a 1988 murder-for-hire.

A judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors can pursue the death penalty against Bryan Kohberger if he is convicted of murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022, despite the defendant's ...

Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, can still face the death penalty if convicted, despite a recent autism diagnosis, a judge has ruled.

The art was made public in 2022, Farmer said, but most of these artists are no longer living. “There’s always a time for forgiveness, and unfortunately, when we have the execution and death penalty, ...

Requests can be made at [email protected] or 330-499-3972, ext. 117. “The United Methodist Church has a strong stance against the death penalty based on our belief in the inherent dignity and worth of ...

L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman says he will allow prosecutors in his office to consider pursuing the death penalty, a punishment his predecessor did not use.

When 29-year-old Christopher Edward Debord of Germantown was convicted of robbing and killing a man, the judge sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Daniel Sikkema, 54, was in a contentious divorce with his art dealer husband Brent Sikkema, 75, when he allegedly orchestrated the January 2024 murder in Brazil, prosecutors said.