The bills have been introduced as states have carried out 41 executions this year, the largest amount in the country since ...

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled against a man convicted of killing his wife in the parking lot of the Inman Police ...

States are moving in sharply different directions on the death penalty, with some looking to broaden when and how executions ...

Alabama’s execution of Anthony Boyd on Thursday added to the growing number of executions for the year. Boyd was the 40th ...

Craig Wood, convicted of killing 10-year-old Hailey Owens, will have his appeal heard by the Missouri Supreme Court this week ...

Anthony Boyd was the 40th person executed in 2025 with another two months left in the year. It is the largest number of ...

The Mississippi Supreme Court denied a last-minute emergency petition to stay the execution of death row inmate Charles Ray Crawford. Crawford's attorneys argued his original trial lawyers improperly ...

NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. – The attorney for a man who shot and killed a Nassau County deputy during a traffic stop in 2021, and who was sentenced to death last year, appeared in court on Wednesday to ...

Phoenix police confirmed to USA TODAY that they're investigating the death of Christopher Scholtes, who pleaded guilty to ...