Sister Helen Prejean challenged California Gov. Gavin Newsom to eliminate capital punishment in the state once and for all.

A year after the restart of executions in South Carolina, some Republicans are calling for an expansion that would make more ...

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon have been jailed for a total of 28 years after they were convicted of killing their baby.

President Trump’s suggestions that the suspects in two high-profile killings face the death penalty add to his administration’s increasingly aggressive approach toward capital punishment.  This ...

Robert Roberson, who is set to be executed on Oct. 16 for the death of his 2-year-old, maintains that the state used faulty evidence to convict him, pointing to the debunked "shaken baby" diagnosis.