Lawyers for a Florida man on death row are seeking to halt his execution set for next week, arguing that his obesity could ...

A last-ditch effort from attorneys of a death row inmate argue that his beliefs about being a "sovereign citizen" could be ...

The Rev. Jeff Hood has made a career of fighting to save men the state wants to kill — and it doesn't matter if they're ...

A bill could make firing squads and lethal gas options in Florida executions as a shortage of pentobarbital, used for lethal ...

South Carolina death row inmate has asked to die by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first ...

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 Nathan Hochman's office announced Tuesday that under limited circumstances, prosecutors could ...

The U.S. government said on Wednesday it may seek the death penalty for alleged Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, ...

SB 990 would raise the age threshold for capital murder eligibility from under 10 years old to 15 years old. It now heads to ...

Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman is allowing prosecutors to seek the death penalty again, reversing a ban put in ...

Federal prosecutors are considering seeking the death penalty against Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero in a sprawling ...