It's been 15 years since Louisiana executed a death row prisoner. Here's when the death penalty started in Louisiana and what ...
The Alabama House of Representatives voted 86-5 for the bill that would allow prosecutors to pursue the death penalty when an ...
Efforts to repeal the death penalty have been introduced in two Republican-led states, with some lawmakers citing their ...
A condemned man who is the next person scheduled to be put to death in South Carolina has asked to see the autopsy report of ...
A memo from Pam Bondi asked prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for groups including immigrants illegally residing in the ...
Twenty-three states have abolished the death penalty. California should join them in ending state-sponsored executions.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Two Florida lawmakers filed bills that would seek the death penalty for crimes committed against the President of the United States and othe ...
James D. Ford, who was convicted of murdering a young couple in 1999 in southwest Florida while their toddler looked on, was ...
Undocumented immigrants convicted of first-degree murder or raping children would face mandatory death sentences, under bills ...
A memo directs DOJ staff to pursue the death penalty for undocumented immigrants who have been charged with capital crimes, ...
The death penalty has existed across the United States since colonial times, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, a national nonprofit organization that collects data on capital ...