A Houston-area man convicted of killing his wife died this week after more than three decades on death row, marking the ...

Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen, who fervently sought Richard Farley’s sentence reduction, just walked away.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate have launched a last-ditch effort to prevent his Aug. 5 ...

Bryan Kohberger appeared expressionless as a judge asked if he murdered four Idaho college students in their off-campus home, ...

Attorneys for death row inmate Byron Black are asking a judge to step in ahead of his scheduled execution, arguing that a ...

Defense attorneys for Teresa Youngblut file a motion against the DOJ's accelerated capital punishment process after Border ...

A death row inmate could be the seventh scheduled for execution in the past 10 months after a Lexington County judge decided ...

A federal appellate panel said that Michael Sockwell was eligible to be retried because prosecutors systematically eliminated ...

In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE from behind bars, Suge Knight recounts the night he allegedly confronted Sean Combs ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi previously singled out the case as an example where federal prosectors could seek capital charges.

A woman charged in the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont wants to delay the government’s decision on whether to ...

The death penalty can also be a more expensive procedure for the state. In countries with arduous appeals processes and strong human-rights organisations, the death penalty is, ...