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 ...

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

The U.S. has seen 35 executions so far in 2025, with seven more scheduled for later this month. This year's total already ...

The 22-year-old man charged with killing Charlie Kirk will have a court hearing Monday where he and his newly appointed legal counsel will decide whether they want a preliminary hearing where the ...

(The Center Square) – One week later, Iryna’s Law with overwhelming bipartisan support remains without activity on the desk of North Carolina first-term Democratic Gov. Josh Stein. The legislation, ...

Prosecutors have said they intend to seek the death penalty in the case. A defense attorney has been appointed to represent Tyler Robinson, who is charged with shooting and killing conservative ...

Section 1. Background. Federal law provides for the death penalty for criminals found guilty of especially aggravated crimes (18 U.S.C. 3591(a)). Capital punishment is an essential part of how our ...

DETERRING AND PUNISHING HEINOUS CRIMES: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the Attorney General and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia to fully ...

A new effort to restart the death penalty in North Carolina, enact stricter rules for bail and ramp up monitoring of alleged criminals with mental health problems passed the state House of ...

ARLINGTON, Texas — A Tarrant County jury has sentenced 28-year-old Valerian “Will” O’Steen to death for the 2022 killing of 26-year-old Marissa Grimes, a mother of two from Arlington. Grimes was ...

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 ...

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 ...