Amid a slew of new bills during Florida’s Legislative special session this week tackling illegal immigration, one stands out ...

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

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

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 ...

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

A proposal moving through Florida’s Legislature would require the death penalty for “unauthorized aliens” who commit a ...

Families of victims and Sikh leaders on Wednesday welcomed former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar’s conviction in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots murder case, demanding the harshest punishment to him. Kumar, 79, has ...

Aaron Gunches will be the first person executed by Arizona in more than two years. His execution was scheduled for March 19.

Bacote spent 15 years on death row before former Governor Roy Cooper commuted his sentence to life without parole in December ...

On Friday, a judge said race did play a role in the trial and death sentence of Hasson Bacote. Bacote was previously sentenced to death for the 2007 death of Anthony Surles during a robbery attempt.

In a 120-page order, Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons also ruled that race was “a significant factor” in other death ...

Idaho House Bill 37 aims to make the firing squad the state's primary means of execution as prosecutors prepare to try Bryan ...