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.

Billy Kearse, on Florida's death row for the 1991 murder of Fort Pierce Police Officer Danny Parrish, was executed by lethal ...

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

After President Trump urged states to recommit themselves to capital punishment, Florida started to put prisoners to death at rates not seen in the state’s modern history.

I reveal historical outcomes when executions on death row went horribly wrong. Trump threatens Netflix with ‘consequences’ over rice board seat A powerful storm will hit some cities with a foot of ...

Seventeen women have been sentenced to death in Florida's history, but only two have been executed. The number of people on Florida's death row is dropping quickly as Gov. Ron DeSantis keeps up the ...

This was about justice for Danny. We didn't win anything tonight — we basically lost another life. But we did win justice.' - ...

Former Ohio State linebacker Darron Lee is charged with first-degree murder in Tennessee. The charges against Lee are eligible for the death penalty under Tennessee law. Prosecutors have not yet ...

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.