The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 ...

Lawyers are sparring over a COVID-19-related agreement that has shielded some people on Georgia's death row from execution.

Tennessee's attorney general has filed notice seeking execution dates for five men on death row. It's another sign the state ...

A death row inmate in South Carolina has chosen a firing squad for his execution. Brad Sigmon was convicted of murdering two people during a 2002 burglary in Greenville County. A jury found Sigmon ...

Teresa Youngblut, as well as other offenders federally charged with serious crimes, could face the death penalty under a directive from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi ...

Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024, is set to stand trial in New York, ...

Keri Blakinger’s ’14 journalistic work covering death row inmates has earned her an Oscar nomination as a producer for the documentary I Am Ready, Warden.

Could the death penalty be used as a punishment in Missouri for people charged with first-degree crimes of statutory rape or ...

Members of the "Senders" and "Klapperz" have been linked to multiple shootings. One teen, Eli Simmons, has been charged with ...

Iran executed at least 975 people last year in a “horrifying escalation” of its use of capital punishment, two human rights groups said on ...