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

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

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

Oklahoma death row inmate Brenda Andrew could get another trial after the U.S. Supreme Court stepped in and said she may not ...

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

President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping execution order on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take ...

The inmate's attorneys say he shouldn’t be in the state’s prison system at all, despite admitting guilt to slaying a woman in ...

One of the executive orders issued by President Donald Trump amid the flurry of actions on his first day in office yesterday ...

Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to die by lethal injection next week want his execution halted so they can get more ...

Trump in his order describes the death penalty as an “essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the ...

Aaron Gunches asked the Arizona Supreme Court to issue an expedited execution warrant for him more than a decade 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, ...