Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would allow child rapists to be sentenced to death as some Republicans ...

Ford was convicted of murdering Kimberly and Gregory Malnory, whose toddler daughter was found covered in her mother's blood ...

Gov. Jeff Landry announced Monday that the state had developed a protocol for executing people with nitrogen gas, allowing it ...

Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using ...

A memo directs DOJ staff to pursue the death penalty for undocumented immigrants who have been charged with capital crimes, ...

The death penalty has been withdrawn in the case of a Kentucky mom charged in her daughter’s death. A judge signed an order ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced the state will resume executions after a 15-year hiatus, potentially using the ...

I am grateful to Connecticut for banning the death penalty, but it is deeply troubling to me that Connecticut companies are ...

The court issued an execution warrant for Aaron Brian Gunches, who was convicted in 2007 in the 2002 shooting death of Ted ...

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said crime victims and their families have waited too long for justice in the form of death penalty executions.

Governor Landry announced that the La. Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections has finalized and implemented an updated ...

The Arizona Supreme Court set a March 19 execution date Tuesday for a man who pleaded guilty to murder more than 17 years ago ...