Not a single jury in Oklahoma has issued a new death sentence in the past three years, a sign that public opinion has changed ...

The plea deal for the suspect of stabbing to death four Idaho college students shocked some of the public. Legal experts ...

In nearly 350 death penalty cases Maricopa County prosecutors pursued over 20 years, just 13% ended in a death sentence. The numbers indicate the need for a more deliberate and transparent process to ...

Anti-death penalty activists place signs along the road heading to Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., ahead of the scheduled execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.

Nearly five decades after being convicted of murder, a Mississippi man got executed. Can that happen in NJ, PA?

Roy Lee Ward was sentenced to death in 2007 for the 2001 rape and murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne. He has been on death row ...

A former federal prosecutor said a media leak in the Bryan Kohberger murder case has the potential to take the death penalty ...

Idaho quadruple murder suspect Bryan Kohberger might avoid the death penalty if convicted because of leaked evidence, a former prosecutor suggested. Kohberger is accused of killing Madison Mogen ...

Maricopa County death penalty cases have cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars even though they rarely end in death sentences.

Idaho quadruple murder suspect Bryan Kohberger might avoid the death penalty if convicted because of leaked evidence, a former prosecutor suggested. Kohberger is accused of killing Madison Mogen ...

There are more than 50 prisoners on Death Row, and it has been estimated that seeking the death penalty costs taxpayers $500,000 more than a similar first-degree murder case.