Richard Tabler called officials to brag about killing four people in Killeen in 2004. He was convicted for two of the deaths.

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Jakarta. Hundreds of Indonesians are facing the death penalty overseas and many of whom are on close neighbor Malaysia’s ...

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