A Tennessee death row prisoner has declared a hunger strike, saying he is protesting issues with medical care, the quality of ...

Howard Willis was sentenced to death in 2010 for the murders eight years earlier of newlyweds Adam Chrismer, 17, and Samantha ...

A memo from Pam Bondi asked prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for groups including immigrants illegally residing in the ...

During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's ...

Arizona has set an execution date for a convicted killer on death row, marking the state's return to the death penalty after ...

Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using ...

Georgia remains the only state where it must be proven “beyond a reasonable doubt,” the highest standard of proof in law.

Two states are set to see pauses on executions end as Arizona, Louisiana and South Carolina gave execution dates to three men ...

Bills changing unemployment requirements, imposing the death penalty and requiring parental consent for vaccines passed the ...

A Florida man convicted of murdering a husband and wife while the couple's toddler looked on is set to be executed Thursday ...

In Florida, capital crimes include homicide, controlled-substance trafficking and sexual abuse of young children.

TALLAHASSEE — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by Florida Death Row inmate James Ford, setting the ...