An Arizona man accused of crucifying a pastor requested the death penalty, saying he wants the case to end quickly and has never claimed to be innocent.

Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Sonny Burton, who was set to be executed this week for a murder in which he didn't pull the trigger.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Charles “Sonny” Burton, a man who had been on death row for 35 years and was two days away from execution.

A Wellington nurse was found dead, and her secret boyfriend, also a nurse, was arrested and charged with her murder.

In theory, the death penalty is reserved for “the worst of the worst.” In practice, it is very different. People who are ...

Texas death row inmate Cedric Ricks, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend and her 8-year-old son, apologized to a ...

The governor of Alabama has granted clemency to a man on death row for three decades, a rare move that spares the accomplice in a 1991 murder from execution on Thursday.

An Alabama inmate scheduled for execution in a few days has been officially taken off death row. Gov. Kay Ivey announced Tuesday she commuted the death sentence of Charles L. Burton to life in prison ...

Cedric Allen Ricks, a Texas death row inmate convicted of killing his common-law wife and child, is set to be executed tomorrow.