The Ohio Supreme Court heard the appeal of a death row inmate convicted of the 1985 murder of a 12-year-old boy in Trumbull ...

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

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

A Seminole County jury will begin deliberating the fate of a man who could face the death penalty after being convicted of ...

More than half of prisoners sentenced to death in the United States have been on death row for more than 18 years. Texas, ...

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 ...

Muhtadi, a 33-year-old accused Hamas-linked terrorist, was arrested in Louisiana earlier this month for allegedly partaking ...

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 ...

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

A federal death penalty case for a New Mexico defendant is on hold because of the U.S. government shutdown. A U.S. district ...

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