Lil Durk will not face capital punishment in his federal murder-for-hire case after the U.S. Attorney General declined to ...

The decision marks the first time in more than 15 years that a San Mateo County district attorney will seek to execute an ...

Senate Bill 990, authored by Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) and partly in response to the murder of Jocelyn Nungaray, ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed seven death warrants in 2024, the most by a Florida governor since 1984 and 2014.

Braun additionally signaled he was open to hearing debate on whether Indiana should continue capital punishment and if so, if there are other execution methods the state should consider besides lethal ...

Harris County spent nearly $2 million in taxpayer funds to defend Xavier Davis from the death penalty, court records show, ...

Indiana Governor Mike Braun suggests a reevaluation of the state's execution methods, including lethal injection and alternative methods.

Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of infamous kingpin "El Chapo," will not face the death penalty, attorneys announced this week.

Can Daikerlyn Alejandra Gonzalez Gonzalez, accused of driving a jet ski recklessly and killing Ava Moore before leaving the ...

Oscar Smith came within minutes of being executed before Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee issued a surprise reprieve just over three ...

Oklahoma lawmakers upgraded the punishment for first-time child rape convictions to allow for the death penalty.

The trial of three British citizens accused of smuggling cocaine or taking part in a drug deal on Indonesia's popular island of Bali began on Tuesday, with all facing the death penalty in a nation ...