Arizona has set an execution date for a convicted killer on death row, marking the state's return to the death penalty after ...

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

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

Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

A memo from Pam Bondi asked prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for groups including immigrants illegally residing in the ...

In Florida, capital crimes include homicide, controlled-substance trafficking and sexual abuse of young children.

The indictment followed a violent confrontation in St. Thomas’ Hospital Ground area, where Dangleben allegedly opened fire on ...

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

The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...

The Florida Legislature was poised Wednesday to pass what Gov. Ron DeSantis is hailing as the strongest legislation to combat ...

Georgia remains the only state where it must be proven “beyond a reasonable doubt,” the highest standard of proof in law.

Bills changing unemployment requirements, imposing the death penalty and requiring parental consent for vaccines passed the ...