A Tennessee death row prisoner has declared a hunger strike, saying he is protesting issues with medical care, the quality of ...

During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's ...

Howard Willis was sentenced to death in 2010 for the murders eight years earlier of newlyweds Adam Chrismer, 17, and Samantha ...

A memo from Pam Bondi asked prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for groups including immigrants illegally residing in the ...

The death penalty provision is included in bills (HB 3C and SB 4C) that also criminalize undocumented immigrants over 18 who "knowingly" enter Florida after evading U.S. immigration officers.

Arizona has set an execution date for a convicted killer on death row, marking the state's return to the death penalty after ...

Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using ...

Two states are set to see pauses on executions end as Arizona, Louisiana and South Carolina gave execution dates to three men ...

Georgia remains the only state where it must be proven “beyond a reasonable doubt,” the highest standard of proof in law.

James Ford has sat on death row since 1999 for killing Gregory and Kimberly Malnory in Charlotte County. On Thursday, he will ...

Bills changing unemployment requirements, imposing the death penalty and requiring parental consent for vaccines passed the ...

Bell County Circuit Court Judge Keith Nagle signed an order striking the death penalty and changing the first count of Erica ...