The Supreme Court on Monday in Whitton v. Dixon sided with a death row inmate for the second time in less than a week, ...

The justice said the Supreme Court had stepped into Gary Whitton's case unnecessarily as he challenged testimony used against ...

The letter was signed by 15 other states, mostly in the South, asking the federal government to remove roadblocks to capital ...

The case, a direct appeal to the state highest court, says the death penalty is unconstitutional because it is applied in a ...

Robert Aaron Long appeared in Fulton County court as prosecutors continue pursuing the death penalty in the Atlanta spa ...

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman joined a 16-state coalition asking the federal government to address delays in ...

The Supreme Court agreed with a lower court's ruling that a Mississippi man's conviction and death penalty must be overturned ...

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced that he has urged the federal government to help overcome delays in the ...

Iran executed more than twice as many people last year as it did in 2024, according to a new report by Amnesty International.

Death penalty cases often take years before they go to trial in Arizona. After a guilty verdict, the appeals and execution process can take decades.

The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a death row inmate in Florida who was blocked from challenging his sentence even ...