Florida authorities have scheduled David Pittman, 63, to be executed on September 17, in a case that dates to May 1990 when Pittman killed his estranged wife's parents and sister and then set their home on fire,

Simms explained, “If you kill a law enforcement officer, a police officer, you can face the death penalty in Utah. If it’s a death when you’re trying to escape custody, if

In the most recent motion, the defense challenged a ruling, alleging new evidence was found that questioned Gamboa-Taylor's mental health at the time of the killings

He previously penned a letter to the Arkansas State Supreme Court in 2020 saying he'd accept any means of execution, including the firing squad or electric chair.

Alabama leaders met this week to discuss a new law that would allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty in some child abuse cases.

Death row exonerees Alfred Rivera, Ed Chapman and Henry McCollum meet at an event sponsored by the N.C. Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty on Aug. 16, 2025, at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, N.C. T. Keung Hui [email protected]

There are dozens of traffickers on death row in the country, including a cocaine-smuggling British grandmother.

A man convicted of abducting a woman from a Florida Panhandle insurance office and killing her received a lethal injection Tuesday evening in the state's record 10th execution this year.