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 ...

Idaho Governor Brad Little (R) recently signed legislation making the firing squad the state’s primary method of execution.

State lawmakers have taken up President Trump’s aggressive push to expand the use of the death penalty, setting up ...

Sri Lanka should implement the capital punishment for large scale drug traffickers, Prisons Commissioner General Jagath Weerasinghe asserted.

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 ...

An Alabama Death Row inmate convicted of murdering a man over a drug debt by setting him alight is to be executed by nitrogen ...

The 'Death Delayed' series looks at where Ohio's capital punishment system now stands and what will happen with it in the ...

Does where a crime is committed determine whether a person faces death? Opponents say the penalty isn't evenly applied.

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Monday warned that the reinstation of the death penalty in Kyrgyzstan would breach ...