US has 3 executions in 24 hours amid death penalty uptick

Texas and Georgia are each planning to execute inmates within an hour of each other on Wednesday. Alabama is set to carry out ...

Kansas Supreme Court turns to new death penalty appeal by serial killer John Robinson

Kansas Supreme Court returns to appeals of John Robinson Sr., who was convicted of murdering three women in Kansas and tied ...

Italy requests DA's pledge against death penalty for Lee Gilley in pregnant wife's Heights death

An Italian court wants the Harris County District Attorney's Office to promise it will never seek the death penalty against ...
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WV Senate Health chairman wants death penalty reinstated for some sex crimes on kids

Fayette, a member of Senate leadership, says he’ll push legislation to reinstate the death penalty in. Under his plan, capital punishment would be an option in cases where a person was found guilty of ...

Florida death row: Gov. DeSantis signs 17th death warrant in 2026

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed his 17th death warrant on Friday for death row inmate William Lee Thompson, scheduling his execution ...

California has one-quarter of all the nation’s death sentences. Will Newsom commute them all?

More than 560 people still face death sentences in California, despite a longstanding moratorium on executions.

A jail call — and doubt about plea — emerges before killer’s death penalty trial

In a jail call, Alberto Sierra — convicted of killing his wife and her two young girls — said there was an agreement to spare ...