The Death Penalty Information Center's "What to Know" report concludes that decades of research have failed to produce credible evidence that the death penalty reduces homicide rates.
2011: Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law a bill banning the death penalty in Illinois.
James Broadnax, who was 19 when he shot and killed two Christian music producers in 2008, has filed last minute appeals ahead of his scheduled April 30 execution.
BARRE — Luzerne County prosecutors on Tuesday filed notice they will seek the death penalty for Cesar Delgadillo, if convicted of first-degree murder, in the death of his 13-year-old ...
A man charged with killing his wife and three relatives is the second Gwinnett County defendant in a week to learn he faces the death penalty.
A 33-year-old mother in Alabama, already accused of lying to police about her missing 2-year-old daughter, is now being charged with killing the toddler, whose body she allegedly stuffed into a bag ...
The government’s decision to pursue capital punishment came several months after President Donald Trump issued an executive order stating the government should pursue the death penalty in every ...
Two ISIS-inspired suspects in an alleged NYC bomb plot could face the death penalty, retired FBI agent James Gagliano said as federal prosecutors assume control.
It is only the second commutation for Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican. The inmate, Charles Burton, was scheduled to die even ...
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