The government’s decision to pursue capital punishment came several months after President Donald Trump issued an executive order stating the government should pursue the death penalty in every ...

Saying Utah's death penalty process is too slow, a lawmaker is pushing past criticism that her plan could end in an ...

Republican U.S. Representative Nancy Mace announced her introduction of the Death Penalty for Child Rapists Act on X Thursday ...

Charles "Sonny" Burton is set to be executed in Alabama for participating in a robbery in which his accomplice fatally shot a ...

Iantha Richardson directs her first episode of Will Trent, guiding a capital punishment storyline while discussing character growth, dance sequences, and Faith Mitchell’s evolution ...

After a witness recants testimony in a murder trial, the actress-turned-director tackles capital punishment in one of the ABC ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors said Friday they won’t appeal a judge’s ruling that bars them from seeking the death ...

Panels questioned Wednesday showed varying levels of comfort with capital punishment, prompting clarifications from the judge as jury selection continues.

A federal judge has blocked the government from seeking the death penalty against Shane Meehan, who is charged with killing a ...

The man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. last year has pleaded not ...

Record number of executions in Saudi Arabia and drugs crackdown in Iran offset broader global trend away from capital punishment ...

Federal prosecutors have backed away from pursuing the death penalty against the Ivy League graduate accused of gunning down a ...