When Florida executes James “Ernie” Hitchcock on Thursday evening, the state will be ending the life of a prisoner who has ...

Absent last-minute intervention by the U.S. Supreme Court, Texas death row inmate James Broadnax is scheduled to be executed ...

Trump's DOJ announced last week it is bringing the practice back to federal death row. Death penalty critics are concerned ...

A House committee approved two similar bills Monday to abolish Pennsylvania’s death penalty law by party-line votes. The Judiciary Committee voted 14-12 for House Bill 99 sponsored by Rep. Christopher ...

Fifty years after 13-year-old Cindy Driggers was raped and murdered as her mother slept, the girl's killer is set to be ...

Idaho’s prison system has nearly completed execution chamber upgrades to carry out the death penalty by firing squad as the ...

A highly publicized and emotional capital murder trial is underway in Tarrant County. On Wednesday, the defense will begin presenting its case for Horner to avoid execution. They are expected to call ...