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

The death row inmate has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution, pointing to a codefendant’s confession in the ...

The Justice Department also reauthorized the use of a death penalty drug, and will seek to shorten the length of some legal ...

The Justice Department has ordered the Bureau of Prisons to expand the number of ways inmates on federal death row could be ...

With another execution set, Brevard’s death row is nearly empty as Florida carries out a record number of executions.

Chadwick Willacy maintained his innocence before Florida executed him for the first-degree murder of elderly neighbor Marlys ...

It’s been more than 15 years since Washington state executed a death row inmate. In 2014, then-Gov. Jay Inslee placed a ...

Trump has directed the Justice Department to "prioritize" seeking the death penalty in federal cases.

With two days away from his scheduled execution, Texas death row inmate James Broadnax remains hopeful.

Willacy was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Bradford County on Tuesday after spending decades on ...

The Justice Department announced a series of actions on Friday aimed at restoring and expanding the use of the federal death ...