South Carolina executed Brad Sigmon by firing squad on March 7, marking its first use of the execution method.

The latest schedule of executions in the United States is another grim reminder that capital punishment remains an entrenched ...

Christian human rights advocates are warning that some Christian immigrants could face death if deported from the United ...

The Treviño Morales, leaders of Los Zetas, pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges as they potentially face the death ...

Nitrogen hypoxia, a method of execution Arkansas lawmakers are considering adopting, makes for a torturous death, witnesses ...

If all executions scheduled through March 20 take place, nine people will have been executed in the first three months of the ...

Grave of Eric Williams, the correctional officer murdered at United States Penitentiary at Canaan ... said he thinks the ...

I want my closing statement to be one of love and a calling to my fellow Christians to help us end the death penalty,” Brad ...

The Georgia House unanimously passed a bill to lessen the threshold for a person facing the death penalty to be deemed intellectually disabled, making them ineligible for execution.

Lawmakers have tried multiple times to change Georgia's strict legal standard to prove that someone has an intellectual ...

However, the court allowed states to determine ... cripple us to a point that we would never have a real fair shot at ever obtaining a death penalty for anyone," Barksdale said, adding that ...

Brad Sigmon chose to be the first person executed in the U.S. by firing squad in 15 years because he believed the ...