More than half of prisoners sentenced to death in the United States have been on death row for more than 18 years. Texas, ...

A recent child sex abuse case in South Florida is one of the first in the country to see a possible death sentence, raising ...

Prosecutors say they follow Ohio's death penalty law. But critics believe political pressure has driven disparities in cases ...

Ohio's death penalty law is in limbo. Supporters and critics agree on one thing: the status quo isn't working.

After three executions in less than a year — ending a nearly 15-year pause in Indiana’s use of capital punishment — it’s not ...

The death penalty is divisive. Support for and opposition to it is not as easy as political party or position. It is all over the map. There are people with firmly held convictions about crime and law ...

Christa Gail Pike, 49, will become the first woman put to death in Tennessee in more than 200 years if her execution proceeds ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a presidential memorandum seeking to reinstate the death penalty in Washington, DC, ...

Nearly 30 former lawmakers who helped bring back the death penalty to Ohio 44 years ago now want it to end. Twenty-seven members of 114th General Assembly who passed legislation four decades ago to ...

President Donald Trump said at an Aug. 26 Cabinet meeting that capital punishment will be sought for all murders in Washington, D.C. Trump's comments came amid his federalization of the police force ...