The Supreme Court agreed with a lower court's ruling that a Mississippi man's conviction and death penalty must be overturned ...

On the first anniversary of Morrow County Sheriff's deputy Daniel Weston Sherrer's death, the man who killed him faced the ...

The case, a direct appeal to the state highest court, says the death penalty is unconstitutional because it is applied in a ...

A failed execution in Tennessee left death row inmate Tony Carruthers bleeding and moaning, a witness says. Attorneys for ...

Gilday's defense attorney openly sobbed during his closing remarks, saying that his client deserved a second chance.

Prosecutors revealed new allegations against singer D4vd during a Los Angeles court hearing tied to the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. The case continues to grow as investigators review ...

Lake County prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a 41-year-old man indicted by a grand jury this week on dozens of ...

Prosecutors can try seeking the death penalty again. But if a second jury also deadlocks, Ian Mitcham will automatically receive a life sentence.

A federal judge has ruled that execution by nitrogen gas doesn't violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, rejecting an Alabama inmate's claim that it causes excessive suffering.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Billy Mitchell in a 2025 Haskell County double murder. The case is ...

The justices' order ends a two-year watch on a petition that death penalty opponents filed directly with the state high court ...

Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, joined the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act, bicameral legislation led by Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dick ...