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

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

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.

Oscar Rosales was sentenced to death for the murder of Harris County Precinct 5 Deputy Constable Charles Galloway in 2022.

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.

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