A Cumberland County jury is considering whether to reimpose a death sentence or like imprisonment against Seifullah ...

For the second consecutive year, a bill seeking to remove the death penalty from Delaware’s constitution is up for debate in ...

Arizona has executed a 53-year-old man convicted of kidnapping and murdering his girlfriend's former partner in 2002, marking ...

Inside a state prison building, witnesses watched Arizona execute Aaron Gunches without the troubles of the past.

The attorney general’s office has identified 22 individuals on death row who have exhausted their appeals and are among those ...

Louisiana ended its 15-year death penalty hiatus Tuesday when it executed convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman with ...

Salaam is being resentenced in connection with the killing of New Cumberland Police Officer Willis Cole in 1994.

On the day that Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years is scheduled to take place, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a ...

The Peruvian government declared a state of emergency on Monday in the provinces of Lima and Callao to stem a rise in crime, ...

An Arizona man who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder was scheduled to be executed Wednesday in the state’s first use of ...

Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death for killing an off-duty Orangeburg police officer in Calhoun County, South Carolina.

Defense attorney Heath Harris forcefully rejected a Dallas County DA motion seeking to disqualify him from representing Texas ...