The Justice Department says it will seek the death penalty against a member of the cultlike Zizians group accused of killing ...

Although the capital sentence was "legally sound", the Cabinet recommended granting clemency to "reduce the disparity" with ...

Ralph Menzies has vascular dementia. His lawyers say let him fade away. The victim's family says: execute him. Utah's parole ...

A man who was on death row for drug trafficking has had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment after succeeding in ...

Opponents of capital punishment on Friday called on Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to reverse Arkansas' decision to allow ...

A judge ordered a delay after an appeals court issued a stay July 31 to stop Jamell Demons’ double capital murder trial from ...

Kayle Bates, who's from West Palm Beach, is scheduled to be executed on Aug. 19 for the murder of Janet Renee White.

Court documents have revealed that the Missouri woman who fatally shot her husband could receive the death penalty.

The Alabama Department of Corrections says the execution of an inmate has been delayed for a mental health evaluation.

Teresa Youngblut is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of David Maland during a traffic stop in northern Vermont.

Lucknow, More than 8,000 people convicted of serious crimes have been sentenced to life in prison while 70 have been given ...