Kimberly C. Stevens is a senior capital resource counsel at the Federal Capital Trial Project, which provides assistance to ...

A death row inmate’s attorneys are asking the court to reverse a lower court’s decision that declined to decide eligibility ...

When contemplating the fate of veterans convicted of capital crime, it is important to bear in mind that combat-related brain ...

So far in 2025, Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed eight death warrants, tying a record for a single year. Here's a look at who's ...

Despite decades of attempted legal interference and motions filed to prevent it, Mississippi's longest-serving death row ...

The lawyer said he anticipates the capital crimes will be filed in “short order” in the case of Teresa Youngblut in the fatal shooting earlier this year in northern Vermont.

The jury, or the court if a jury is waived, must find that at least one exists beyond a reasonable doubt before a death ...

A man sentenced to death for murder in the state of Florida was executed late Tuesday, one of two executions in the United ...

Byron Black, a 68-year-old man on Tennessee's death row, has filed a petition with the Tennessee Supreme Court to halt his ...

Legislation has been introduced in the Ohio Statehouse that would increase penalties for anyone convicted of killing a first ...

Bill would require adults convicted of killing a cop, first responder or military member to face death penalty or life in ...