In a written ruling, the judge found that "no provision in the law and Louisiana Constitution allows for the Attorney General ...

Arguably the eeriest final statement was uttered by South Carolina local Freddie Owens in September of last year. Owens ...

A Utah death row inmate will be retried for the death of a Provo woman after the Utah Supreme Court affirmed the decision ...

Indiana Governor Mike Braun decides to proceed with the execution of death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie, convicted of killing ...

The solicitor who sought the death penalty for Mikal Mahdi responded Thursday to calls to investigate his execution.

In state court, Chou is under evaluation by psychiatrists after pleading not guilty by reason of insanity, court records show ...

The state is set to execute Glen Rogers on Thursday night, three decades after he stabbed to death Tina Marie Gibbs, a ...

Anthony Wainwright, 54, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on June 10 for the kidnapping, rape and murder of Carmen ...

Earlier this week, the 20-year-old made his first court appearance, where he was denied bond and ordered no contact with ...

A death row inmate in Utah is getting the chance at a new trial after a Utah Supreme Court ruling on Thursday.

The Utah Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for condemned killer Douglas Stewart Carter. In a unanimous ruling, the ...

State Attorney Jack Campbell says his office will be looking to seek the death penalty against suspected Florida State ...