Tennessee has plenty of prison space to incarcerate the “worst of the worst,” saving Tennesseans a whole heap of money in ...

In March, South Carolina executed Brad Sigmon, who was sentenced to death for killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi recently said she is "signing death warrants" as President Donald Trump brings back capital ...

Cleophus Cooksey was arrested in December 2017 after police responded to a call at his mother’s home and found him with blood on his hands.

It was the first time the Justice Department said it was pursuing capital punishment since President Donald Trump returned to ...

George Ryan, the former Republican governor of Illinois, died at the age of 91, leaving behind a legacy as a champion of ...

A judge ruled Bryan Kohberger, who is autistic, according to his lawyers, could still be put to death if he is convicted of ...

Wyandotte County judge agreed with death penalty criticisms but said the case was invalid because both defendants no longer ...

The State of Florida intends to seek the death penalty against David barber, the Florida man accused of killing 72-year-old ...

A Republican, he imposed a moratorium on capital punishment, saying he could not support a death-row system “so fraught with ...

This was one of the latest — and likely final — attempts by Kohberger’s attorneys to remove the death penalty as an option.

Prosecutors may still seek the death penalty if Bryan Kohberger is convicted of murdering four University of Idaho students, ...