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 it's particularly cruel, then you can face the death penalty in Utah.

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.

The Justice Department says it will seek the death penalty against a member of the cultlike Zizians group accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont.

Teresa Youngblut is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of David Maland during a traffic stop in northern Vermont.

Kayle Bates, who's from West Palm Beach, is scheduled to be executed on Aug. 19 for the murder of Janet Renee White.

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

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

Kayle Bates put to death by lethal injection at the Florida State Prison on Tuesday, as executions are on the rise in the United States.