The February death by lethal injection of convicted killer Ronald Heath, 64, came amid a surge in executions pushed forwards ...

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An Australian man accused of murdering a Thai teenager may not be able to avoid the death penalty if found guilty, even if compensation is paid to the alleged victim’s family.

The Marshall Project reports on the 50th anniversary of Gregg v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruling that reinstated the U.S.

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A Utah judge is apparently pissed that prosecutors in Tyler Robinson's murder trial blabbed to the press in violation of a ...

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The latest Nancy Guthrie ransom note is a sign her kidnapper is angling to avoid the death penalty if caught, according to a ...

Basically five months to the day since Nancy Guthrie, Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie’s mom, disappeared, the answers ...