According to a new Pew Research poll, 66% of Americans said they either “strongly favor” (30%) or “somewhat favor” (36%) the death penalty for those convicted of murder. Among those against, 20% said ...

For decades, Alabama has remained one of the nation's most active death penalty states. Today, it also stands at the center of a national conversation after bec ...

The jury heard from several of Gemeinhart’s family members and friends as they remembered who he was to them and his community. They also heard from the family of Youit Jones, who asked the jury to ...

Two-thirds of Americans now say they support the death penalty for those convicted of murder, while one-third are opposed, ...

Total The death penalty does deter people from committing serious crimes 50 17 Rep/Lean Rep The death penalty does deter people from committing serious crimes 59 33 Dem/Lean Dem The death penalty does ...

Bryan Kohberger’s guilty plea deal in the Idaho college murders case is meant to avoid the death penalty, but it has reopened ...

Gaston County prosecutors are considering seeking the death penalty for the first time in 15 years in a case involving the ...

"In order to be pro-life, as my faith instructs us to be, life needs to be from conception to natural death of everyone," ...

A Stillwater woman was found slashed to death near her car. Her husband now faces a possible death penalty case.

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A defense expert hired by Bryan Kohberger now says cell phone data shows evidence of stalking, contradicting his own earlier ...

Two executions were scheduled on one day.