The case of Lori Vallow spans a deeply disturbing pattern of unexplained deaths, bizarre cult beliefs about killing zombies ...

In a significant development in the ongoing discussion around capital punishment, an Arizona man, Aaron Gunches, was executed on Wednesday for a first-degree murder conviction dating back to 2008.

By Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle For The Republic INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Correction (DOC) offered a ...

It was an all too familiar scene in Starke during the March 20 execution of Eddie James. Two groups trying to make sense of ...

Maybe it’s the stench of ammonia in Nazi death labs, where prisoners ... they have resurrected the horrors of the past. Arizona, Alabama, and Oklahoma are reviving the gas chamber.

Los Angeles’ new tough-on-crime District Attorney Nathan Hochman said his office will "immediately" begin seeking the death penalty — but only "in the rarest of cases" after thorough review.

Stakes for wrongful convictions are high in Japan, where the death penalty has broad public support despite international criticism over how it is carried out. Japan and the United States are the ...

A bill filed in the Florida state Senate would expand the methods by which death row inmates could be executed. Senate Bill 1604, introduced by state Sen. Jonathan Martin, R-Fort Myers, aims to ...

El Paso District Attorney James Montoya will not seek the death penalty against the El Paso Walmart mass shooter. The shooter is expected to plead guilty to one count of capital murder of multiple ...

EL PASO, Texas – Texas prosecutors said Tuesday they will not pursue the death penalty in the case against a man charged with killing 23 people and injuring dozens in a racially charged ...