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

A federal appeals court has ruled Alabama prosecutors violated the constitutional rights of a man sentenced to death in 1990.

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A judge ruled Bryan Kohberger, who is autistic, according to his lawyers, could still be put to death if he is convicted of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022.

Kansas’ death penalty law remains after Wyandotte County Judge Bill Klapper declines to block it in ACLU challenge brought during capital murder trial.

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.

Attorney General Pamela Bondi wants the death penalty for Luigi Mangione. His defense attorney said the decision supports the "murderous healthcare industry." While New York state doesn't allow ...

In Pennsylvania, death penalty cases are brought against defendants accused of first-degree murder — or an intentional killing committed with malice — by local district attorneys, who must ...

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.

In a 1980 statement on the death penalty, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) noted that “while it is certain that capital punishment prevents the individual from committing further ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Lawmakers held a hearing for two different pieces of legislation that would change the death penalty. LR15CA is a constitutional amendment that would get rid of the death penalty.

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