Raymond Johnson’s execution in Oklahoma is the first of five executions scheduled across the country over eight days.

Edward Busby was executed by lethal injection Thursday, reinforcing Texas’ position as the nation's leader in capital ...

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Soon after he took office in 2019, Gov. Mike DeWine imposed a kind of informal moratorium on executions in the Buckeye State. But Ohio’s thoughtful and respected chief executive has yet to say what he ...

In August 2024, Wade Wilson was sentenced to death for the 2019 murders of two women. Nearly two years later, has a date been ...

The Louisiana Senate altered a bill Wednesday night to expand who could be charged with first-degree murder, citing April's ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)—The State Attorney’s Office is seeking the death penalty against a woman who is accused of killing her ex-lovers. Susan Avalon, 55, was charged with first-degree murder in the ...

The Justice Department also reauthorized the use of a death penalty drug, and will seek to shorten the length of some legal appeals. By Devlin Barrett and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs Devlin Barrett ...

Horrific new details were released in a court filing regarding the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. The documents paint a graphic picture of the case against D4vd, born David Anthony ...

The policy shift follows criticism of Biden-era restraint and highlights ongoing federal death penalty cases ...