Paul “Greg” House, who spent more than two decades on Tennessee's death row before he was finally freed, has died.

A Georgia bill that would ease the state's tough death penalty law is on track to become law. It is illegal in every U.S.

Despite being convicted in the state that has executed the most people in the country since the reinstatement of the death ...

A bill easing Georgia's strict requirements for a person facing the death penalty to be considered intellectually disabled now awaits Gov. Brian Kemp's signature.

A man sent to Texas' death row for killing a Richardson police officer in 2018 could have his sentence overturned.

Georgia is the only state with the death penalty that requires defendants to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they are ...

Ohio should abandon the death penalty—not just because it’s morally flawed, but because it’s broken, costly, and being used as a political tool by those, like Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, more ...

Lawyers for a Florida death row inmate Michael Tanzi seek to delay his execution due to his morbid obesity, arguing that it ...

A judge agreed to break apart the criminal cases for two defendants accused of shooting and killing a Donora convenience ...

Emirati authorities decided on a punishment for the “premeditated murder with terrorist intention” of Rabbi Zvi Kogan but ...

Families of victims of the August 3rd mass shooting are beginning to speak out after the gag order was lifted last week.

Nicholas Canfield may face the death penalty for the sexual battery and death of Jaliyah Ramos, 2. Monday, her two siblings and mother testified.