Victims of the inmates include a family of four, a college student kidnapped from her bedroom, and a state trooper who was ambushed in his driveway.

State lawmakers have taken up President Trump’s aggressive push to expand the use of the death penalty, setting up legislative and legal battles that could make a wider range of crimes subject to ...

The U.S. has seen 34 executions so far in 2025, with eight more scheduled for later this year, including seven this month ...

Under Biden, officials decided not to seek capital punishment against two D.C. teens charged in a deadly carjacking. The ...

President Donald Trump signed a presidential memo on Thursday directing U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Attorney for ...

Christa Pike received the death sentence at age 18 for the 1995 torture slaying of Colleen Slemmer, who was a fellow ...

Luigi Mangione is fighting a federal death penalty charge in the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson. On Friday, his lawyers asked his judge to find the death penalty unconstitutional. The filing starts ...

Community members came together to protest the death penalty as the conversation ramps up over its legality in North Carolina ...

Residents of Hanover Park express their grief and anger following the tragic death of toddler Qadir Boer, as calls for ...