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

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

Scott Panetti had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, paranoid delusions, depression and insomnia. His case made it to the U.S ...

The decision by federal authorities to charge Vance Boelter with both stalking and the use of a firearm for the murder of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark opens him up to a potential death ...

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

A man with two death sentences chose lethal injection after attorneys referenced a problematic firing squad case. Lawyers ...

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

Oklahoma prosecutors say they will retry longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip a third time for his role in the 1997 ...

U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate said he will decide Monday whether to delay Richard Jordan’s execution. The 79- year-old ...

Supreme Court nominee, Justice Sir Dennis Dominic Adjei, has urged the abolition of the mandatory death penalty in Ghana, ...

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