David Gutierrez, 15, was viscously stabbed to death while on a Valentine's Day date with his girlfriend on Friday at Santa ...

Elections have consequences, so the slogan goes. One of those consequences was on full display Feb. 5, in the minutes after ...

Twenty-three states have abolished the death penalty. California should join them in ending state-sponsored executions.

A federal judge has reopened a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s execution protocol as the state prepares to carry out the death penalty using nitrogen gas in the coming weeks.

When 29-year-old Christopher Edward Debord of Germantown was convicted of robbing and killing a man, the judge sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

A convicted killer has been executed after spending over two decades sitting on death row. Back in February 2001 ... quieter breaths,” the South Carolina Daily Gazette reported.

A judge on Friday ordered the release of a Hawaii man who was imprisoned for 30 years for a murder he has long said he didn’t ...

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A death row spiritual adviser discussed some of the extra privileges Texas death row inmates get if they join the "God Pod," ...

Brad Keith Sigmon is set to be executed by firing squad on March 7 for the 2001 beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, David and Gladys Larke.

Gabby Petito details what happened to the 22-year-old blogger, who seemingly lived an Instagram-perfect life with her partner ...