Though Trump is unable to put the commuted inmates back on death row, he did ask the attorney general in the order to “take ...

The president directed the attorney general to take “all appropriate action to seek the overruling” of high court precedents ...

Maricopa prosecutors are pursuing the death penalty against a man accused of killing his ex-wife and another man last year.

In a move that has sparked debate, President Donald Trump granted a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk ...

Bryan Herrera, 16, was shot and killed while riding his bicycle in Miami just a few days before Christmas in 2012.

Prosecutors Tuesday urged a Clark County jury to find a man guilty of a revenge killing for murdering and cutting up and ...

The Kolkata court sentenced Sanjay Roy, a former Kolkata Police civic volunteer, to imprisonment till death after he was ...

The order shows the president’s desire for more executions. But it’s unclear how the administration will carry out its plans, ...

A House lawmaker filed a bill proposing the death penalty for public officials convicted of corruption, with execution by ...

Trump, upon taking office on Monday, signed a series of executive orders that included tough restrictions on immigration, a ...

Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a ...