The man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses -- two fatally -- is now in federal custody on murder ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a Memphis judge did not have the authority to give a man formerly on death row ...

The search for Vance Luther Boelter, the FBI-wanted man who is suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their ...

In nearly 350 death penalty cases Maricopa County prosecutors pursued over 20 years, just 13% ended in a death sentence. The ...

Oklahoma will seek a new murder trial for longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip but next round without the death penalty.

Rep. Matt Simpson's HB20 would add a 22nd factor to Alabama's capital murder law, targeting those who "knowingly create great ...

Gregory Hunt was convicted of killing Karen Lane, a woman he had been dating for about a month, according to court records.

Gregory Hunt was convicted of killing Karen Lane, a woman he had been dating for about a month, according to court records.

If two more executions proceed as planned before the end of June—one each in Florida and Mississippi—the same number of ...

Indiana's lethal injections force doctors to break their "do no harm" oath while costing $450,000 per execution.

The suspected killer of a Minnesota lawmaker could face the death penalty, US prosecutors said Monday as they revealed ...