For the first time in five years, an inmate has been added to Nebraska's death row bringing the total to 12. Here's ...

The second week of Tanner Horner's capital murder trial focuses on his mental state and potential "future danger" as jurors ...

Jurors in a Texas courtroom are now hearing chilling new details about the man who admitted to killing 7-year-old Athena ...

This past week, Ohio Attorney general Dave Yost wrote a highly critical report on Ohio's capital punishment system.

WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche authorized federal prosecutors in Los Angeles to seek the death penalty ...

A woman from the UK who is marrying a prisoner in the US appeared on ITV's This Morning ...

"I felt like death was the right decision to free all these people from the tether of their torment. But I couldn't bring ...

Demorris Hunter, convicted of murder in College Park, faces the penalty phase of his trial. Will he spend life in prison or ...

Attorneys for a Shelby County death row inmate are pushing for new DNA testing just weeks before his scheduled execution.

The state's highest criminal court will not intervene in a Dallas County death penalty case despite another man claiming ...

State Sen. Jeremy England joined WLOX’s Hugh Keeton and Bill Snyder in the studio to discuss the governor’s nonprofit funding ...