Earlier this month, Palm Beach County prosecutors announced that they would be seeking the death penalty against two men ...

Prosecutors say they follow Ohio's death penalty law. But critics believe political pressure has driven disparities in cases ...

Federal prosecutors won't pursue the death penalty against John Pfeffer, the alleged Bandidos leader accused in a deadly Houston gang feud.

To be eligible for the death penalty in Ohio, the defendant must be at least 18 at the time of the crime and convicted of ...

The state’s Court of Criminal Appeals earlier this month ordered a lower court to examine whether its findings in a Dallas ...

A judge in New Mexico has halted a federal death penalty case, citing the pinch of the U.S. government shutdown and a funding ...

An Alabama man on death row asked Gov. Kay Ivey to meet with him "before an innocent man is executed," as he seeks to halt ...

The ongoing federal government budget crisis has derailed the prosecution of a Zuni jewelry maker who is facing the death ...

The couple accused of torturing and murdering 8-year-old Genesis Mata — allegedly burning her with boiling water and whipping her with a cord — are ...

Attorneys on Monday were setting up the stage in the next death penalty case in Broward County for a 22-year-old man charged ...

Exposing the increasingly blurring line between justice and politics, this case has turned into an intense courtroom battle ...