If California's capital punishment law is found to violate the state constitution, it may provide a template for death ...
A plastic surgeon determined to represent himself on murder charges refused to argue any of the motions his previous ...
A new Mississippi law allows the death penalty for sexual battery of a child under 12, but critics warn capital punishment ...
The Supreme Court's ruling allows longstanding litigation to continue and resolve four claims about KY executions.
Steven Gress pleaded guilty Wednesday to the kidnapping, torturing and dismemberment of 16-year-old Miranda Corsette.
Prosecutors say Mike Caruso could potentially face death under a child-sex-abuse law he supported—but major legal hurdles ...
One Nation has quietly walked away from its decades-old policy of bringing back the hangman, with party bosses killing off ...
A convicted murderer believed to be the longest-serving inmate in US history has died just months before his 102nd birthday — ...
A man who murdered a woman and her two daughters in North Royalton in 2017 is remaining on death row after the Supreme Court ...