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 ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Utah County prosecutors will seek the death penalty against 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, who was charged Tuesday with the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The ...

Defense attorneys for Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, say their client's rights ...

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.

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

Utah’s Supreme Court has analyzed the legal theory that prosecutors are using to seek capital punishment for the alleged shooter.

Decarlos Brown Jr. has been charged with killing Iryna Zarutska on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, in August.

(Reuters) -Utah prosecutors said on Tuesday they will seek the death penalty for the trade school student suspected of assassinating right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk. Below is a look at the ...

NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione’s lawyers urged a judge on Saturday to bar federal prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, arguing that authorities ...

Lance Shockley is a Missouri prisoner on death row. Unless Gov. Mike Kehoe stays his pending execution, Shockley will be put to death in less than a week.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi instructed the Justice Department in April to pursue the death penalty against Mangione.

NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione’s lawyers urged a judge on Saturday to bar federal prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, arguing that ...