Utah’s governor suggested state officials would push to execute the still-unidentified person who fatally shot Kirk. No one ...

President Donald Trump is expected to push federal prosecutors in Washington to seek the death penalty in murder cases, ...

An Indiana lawmaker has reversed their support for the death penalty after reflection and a Supreme Court decision.

President Donald Trump called for the suspect in the killing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska to face the death penalty ...

At a Cabinet meeting on Aug. 26, President Donald Trump proposed seeking the death penalty for anyone convicted of murder in ...

While it is not unusual for presidents to speak out about high-profile killings, they typically do not publicly urge ...

President Donald Trump proposed seeking the death penalty for anyone convicted of murder in Washington, D.C., claiming the death penalty is “a very strong preventative.” But the research, which has ...

The status of the death penalty in North Carolina could receive renewed attention after President Trump called for the ...

The Utah Supreme Court blocked a death row inmate's upcoming execution, after the inmate's attorneys argued his dementia has ...

Trump's comments came amid his federalization of the police force in the nation's capital and after he activated the National ...

The Supreme Court has acquitted a death row prisoner convicted for raping a girl whose body was found in 2014 and said “hasty” application of capital punishment undermines the rule of law. A bench of ...