The bill moved to the full House of Representatives for consideration, passing the House Judiciary Committee with 8 votes in ...

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 25 people were executed in the United States in 2024. The number of death sentences imposed was 26. There are 2,092 people on death row in the United ...

A bill regarding the treatment of animals in Alabama was introduced on Tuesday. HB249 would prohibit the abandonment of a dog ...

The Louisiana Legislature approved the use of nitrogen gas executions last year, following Alabama's implementation of the ...

Raymond Lee Oyler set a fire that killed five firefighters in 2006. The California Supreme Court will decide if he remains on death row, writes Robin Epley of The Sacramento Bee.

With the support of Governor Jeff Landry, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill signaled the state is ready to resume executions.

Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would allow child rapists to be sentenced to death as some Republicans ...

Governor Jeff Landry announced a state of emergency was declared and that Louisiana will start doing execution by nitrogen ...

Gov. Jeff Landry announced the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has implemented protocol to carry out death sentences using nitrogen gas.