Prosecutors are pursuing the death penalty for a Georgia woman charged in the murder of 4-year-old Autumn Fox, who was beaten ...

State prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a Georgia woman accused of killing a 4-year-old girl in October.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A federal judge has blocked the United States from seeking the death penalty for Shane Meehan, a Terre Haute man accused of killing a Terre Haute police officer. Meehan is accused ...

Saying Utah's death penalty process is too slow, a lawmaker is pushing past criticism that her plan could end in an ...

The government’s decision to pursue capital punishment came several months after President Donald Trump issued an executive order stating the government should pursue the death penalty in every ...

A Louisville state senator is pushing for a bill that would eliminate capital punishment in Kentucky.

A committee of Utah lawmakers has unanimously approved a bill and a joint resolution that aims to speed up the death penalty appeals process.

Senate Bill 1037 would allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty in cases where an adult perpetrator is convicted of first-degree murder and first-degree sexual abuse of a child under 12. The bill ...

The use of the death penalty as a strategic bargaining tool in criminal cases raises questions about whether prosecutors are pursuing justice or using the threat of execution to gain leverage in ...

Republican U.S. Representative Nancy Mace announced her introduction of the Death Penalty for Child Rapists Act on X Thursday ...

New Hampshire lawmakers are taking up a range of bills this month that would reinstate the use of the death penalty in the state, almost seven years after it was repealed. The proposals this year, all ...

Record number of executions in Saudi Arabia and drugs crackdown in Iran offset broader global trend away from capital punishment ...