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

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

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.

A California state prison inmate and four-time convicted murderer has been formally charged with the strangulation murder of ...

In what could be the 12th execution this year in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a death warrant for a man ...

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

The alleged jet ski driver faces up to 20 years in prison for manslaughter, while her accused accomplice could receive up to ...

Following the NCAA's penalty announcement to Michigan on Friday, here's a look at some of the more severe punishments in college football history.

The death penalty was authorized for the suspect in the death of Chris Maland, who was gunned down during a Vermont traffic ...

Nearly a year since a Kentucky judge was gunned down in his courthouse chambers, the issue of whether bond is justified for the former sheriff charged in the slaying remains unsettled as he awaits ...

A judge had already sent David Lee Roberts for a mental exam. Friday, the prison system officially delayed his execution.