Bills to prohibit cloud seeding in Iowa and raise the punishment for animal torture were sent to the Senate following House ...

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 ...

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

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

Barring an appeals decision to the contrary, federal prosecutors will not be able to seek the death penalty against the man charged with killing a Terre Haute police detective who also was an FBI ...

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

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

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

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 ...

New York State once appointed three men to evaluate every possible way to execute a man—which they did in disturbing detail.

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

The Justice Department indicated it was moving forward with its death penalty protocol and will have more information for the court at a hearing in May.