Paul House, who spent two decades on Tennessee’s death row before he was freed, has died.
Paul “Greg” House, who spent more than two decades on Tennessee's death row before he was finally freed, has died.
Georgia set to ease strict rules for proving intellectual disability in death penalty cases
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.
Why isn’t the El Paso mass shooter facing the death penalty?
Despite being convicted in the state that has executed the most people in the country since the reinstatement of the death ...
The Death Penalty Returns to Los Angeles
LA District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced that county prosecutors will once again be permitted to seek the death penalty.
A second South Carolina death row inmate chooses execution by firing squad
A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its ...
Georgia bill lowering threshold for proving intellectual disability in death penalty cases heads to Gov. Kemp
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.
Florida Republicans open door to firing squads, lethal gas as they push death penalty expansion
A bill could make firing squads and lethal gas options in Florida executions as a shortage of pentobarbital, used for lethal ...
Gunman who killed 23 at El Paso Walmart offered plea deal to avoid death penalty
The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at an El Paso Walmart in 2019 in one of the the deadliest mass shootings ...
Los Angeles district attorney revives death penalty, rolls back BLM-era policy
Nathan Hochman rescinded George Gascón’s “extreme and categorical policy forbidding prosecutors from seeking the death ...
Senate passes bill that would expand death penalty in Texas
SB 990 would raise the age threshold for capital murder eligibility from under 10 years old to 15 years old. It now heads to ...
Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, charged with killing DEA agent, may face death penalty in U.S.
Federal prosecutors are considering seeking the death penalty against Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero in a sprawling ...
US prosecutors weigh death penalty for alleged Mexican drug lord Caro Quintero
The U.S. government said on Wednesday it may seek the death penalty for alleged Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, ...