Kolkata: In a big development in the Abhaya rape and murder case, the CBI has sought the death penalty for the prime accused, Sanjoy Roy. The move comes as the investigation into the brutal rape and ...

"Something is rotten in Denmark," the state wrote in a Dec. 20 motion. The judge is accused of having improper communication with a defense attorney in a death penalty case.

Lawyers for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed are urging a federal appeals panel to let his scheduled guilty ...

There are a lot of reasons that the death penalty is almost never imposed anymore. As a growing cadre of experts has ...

After 23 years, the fate of the last remaining Guantanamo detainees swept up worldwide after al-Qaida’s shattering attacks on ...

A federal trial date is set for the man accused of killing a woman and kidnapping her daughters in the deadly Amber Alert ...

Prosecutors say they are planning to seek the death penalty for the man charged with killing two people and injuring several ...

For the past several weeks, a major challenge to Kansas’ death penalty has been underway in a Wyandotte County murder case.

A lethal injection expert has asked the Arizona Supreme Court to deny the attorney general's request for an execution warrant for Aaron Gunches.

Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis have filed emergency petitions seeking to block the commutations of their death sentences.

The men said that, by reducing their sentences to life in prison, President Biden’s act of clemency could hurt their appeals.