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

A federal judge on Thursday agreed to briefly stay the execution of Lisa Montgomery, the lone woman on federal death row, after her attorneys fell ill with COVID-19 and were unable to file a timely ...

A day before the federal government executed a Texas man for the killing of an Iowa couple when he was 18, celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz pleaded with then-President Donald Trump — a former client — ...

The U.S. government executed convicted murderer Christopher Vialva on Thursday, the first Black man to suffer the federal death penalty since the punishment was resumed this summer after a 17-year ...

North Carolina maintains the death penalty but hasn't executed anyone since 2006. Legal challenges have created a de facto moratorium on executions statewide. Republican lawmakers now push to resume ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi has sought the death penalty in 6 cases her predecessor's DOJ had declined to pursue capital ...

Indiana will execute a death row inmate next week. Gov. Mike Braun has denied clemency for Roy Ward, allowing his execution ...

Mark Sievers, 57, in December 2019 was sentenced to death for orchestrating the murder of his wife, Dr. Teresa Sievers, 46.

Djerf, according to corrections officials, killed four people, including a five-year-old, in 1993. While he pleaded guilty to the murders in 1995, legal battles related to the case continued for years ...

Supreme Court rejects government plea for stricter timelines in death penalty cases, upholding 2014 ruling on mercy petitions.