Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed orders to execute more inmates in one year than any other governor in state history.

Robert Bowers, who murdered 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, was tried in federal court. There was no ...

Two Pittsburgh lawyers involved in efforts before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to curb the Washington County district ...

Ahead of Byron Black's execution on August 5, it's time to re-examine the horrors of capital punishment and Tennesseans' role ...

A horrific crime leads to get-tough policies to ensure the tragedy never happens again. That happened in 2018, after a ...

The novena began Aug. 6 and concludes Aug. 14, the memorial of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Catholic priest executed in Auschwitz ...

Prosecutors in Florida filed a notice of their intent to seek the death penalty against a mother who is accused of murdering ...

Two men could get death sentences if convicted of murder over the fatal shooting of a government witness. The trial has been pushed back to 2027.

A Gallup poll from October found 50 percent of Americans believe capital punishment is applied unfairly, compared to 47 percent who believe it is fairly implemented, Maher said.

Capital punishment has long been used in the U.S. as “the ultimate deterrent and only proper punishment for the vilest crimes.

The article reports on prosecutors seeking the death penalty for YouTuber "Sin City Manny," charged with murdering two ...