What do a former U.S. vice president, an environmental activist, and an exonerated former death row inmate have in common?

Alabama has scheduled an October execution by nitrogen gas for an inmate who has an ongoing lawsuit challenging the new ...

After a child sex trafficking ring was uncovered, lawmakers are now pushing for the death penalty for the abusers.

Some advocates want a categorical exclusion from the death penalty for veterans with combat-related mental injuries ...

In an Effingham County courtroom, a motion hearing was held Monday in the case of a father accused of abusing and murdering his two children before burying them in a backyard in Guyton. The hearing ...

Newly released Idaho State Police documents reveal Bryan Kohberger supported capital punishment in classroom discussions ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the accused co-founder of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, is expected to plead guilty ...

Right now, 121 people are still sitting on death row, but because of that moratorium, these prisoners won't face execution ...

A federal judge scheduled an Aug. 25 change of plea hearing for Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a longtime leader of Mexico’s ...

Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada is accused of ordering torture, plotting murders and flooding the U.S. with cocaine, heroin and ...

Governor Kay Ivey announced Monday that the execution of Anthony Todd Boyd has been scheduled to begin at 12:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 23, ...

Iran’s top court has upheld the death sentence against imprisoned labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi, months after overturning ...