The man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses -- two fatally -- is now in federal custody on murder ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a Memphis judge did not have the authority to give a man formerly on death row ...

U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate said he will decide Monday whether to delay Richard Jordan’s execution. The 79- year-old ...

Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate is seeking clemency from Gov. Tate Reeves. On Monday, attorneys for Richard ...

Corinna Lane, a former prosecutor, discusses the flaws in the US death penalty system, the pharmaceutical crisis that halted lethal injection, and the humanity of those on death row in her book ...

In nearly 350 death penalty cases Maricopa County prosecutors pursued over 20 years, just 13% ended in a death sentence. The ...

Gregory Hunt was convicted of killing Karen Lane, a woman he had been dating for about a month, according to court records.

Diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, he spent 30 years on death row. In 2007, the Supreme Court raised the bar for executing ...

Scott Panetti had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, paranoid delusions, depression and insomnia. His case made it to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Rep. Matt Simpson's HB20 would add a 22nd factor to Alabama's capital murder law, targeting those who "knowingly create great ...

Oklahoma prosecutors say they will retry longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip a third time for his role in the 1997 ...