George Ryan, who served as Illinois secretary of state, House speaker, lieutenant governor and ultimately governor, is best ...

It's unclear whether federal law was even broken when UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed on a New York street.

The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled the execution for the state's longest-serving death row inmate for June 25.

For prisoners, the transfers off a dismantled death row have brought a broad variety of experiences and emotions.

NBC News reported on Sunday that several district attorneys are considering, or have considered, state charges against some ...

Following a Verite News and ProPublica investigation, a district judge vacated the death sentence of Jimmie Duncan, whose ...

The same day Miranda Corsette was reported missing, murder suspect Steven Gress was allegedly disposing of her decapitated ...

Prisoners say the Trump administration is seeking tougher conditions for them as punishment for having their death sentences ...

They also didn’t prove that there is a national consensus against subjecting people with autism to the death penalty, Hippler ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear ...

Gov. Ryan purged Illinois' death row just three days before his term ended, though he never regretted the decision.