Ohio Governor Mike DeWine recently urged lawmakers to abolish the death penalty in the state. The Republican, who co-authored ...

A potential death penalty case against a man accused of killing two women in a machete attack at the Hotel Jermyn in December moved forward Thursday. Judge Andy Jarbola ruled prosecutors’ request to ...

DeWine urged the state to abolish the death penalty, citing data showing it no longer deters crime.

Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, who has repeatedly postponed executions over the past seven years, said Tuesday that Ohio should abolish the death penalty, confirming his change of heart on the policy he ...

A Utah judge denied Tyler Robinson's bid to force his former roommate and lover Lance Twiggs to testify at a preliminary hearing and ruled hearsay evidence will be allowed — dealing the defense two ...

A conservative federal judge on Wednesday took the position that despite a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court ruling barring the death penalty for child rape, prosecutors today may be free to seek capital ...

Accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson will still face the death penalty — despite a judge on Friday ruling that ...

State prosecutors began the process for setting a schedule in the man’s trial where the state is seeking a death sentence.

Dusty Ray Spencer, 74, would become the oldest person put to death in Florida since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, and the ninth man executed in Florida this year.

Mississippi’s most severe criminal punishment now applies to the most severe crimes against children, under a new state law ...

A Huntsville man accused of shooting and killing two women will not face the death penalty.