A Tennessee lawmaker proposed a law that could potentially make women who have an abortion eligible for the death penalty.

Two Republican lawmakers on Feb. 23 proposed Wisconsin reinstate the death penalty for those convicted of first-degree child ...

Record number of executions in Saudi Arabia and drugs crackdown in Iran offset broader global trend away from capital punishment ...

Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman, one of the state's most powerful Republicans, said he would "vigorously oppose" any legislation to repeal Ohio's death penalty, should Gov. Mike DeWine call for such a ...

Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman is drawing a line on death row. On Wednesday, he warned that Republicans would "vigorously" resist any move to abolish the state’s death penalty if Gov. Mike DeWine ...

The youngest son of Rob and Michele Reiner appeared in an L.A. courtroom on Monday, Feb. 23 ...

The Henderson County DA is has filed for a Rule 24 hearing in the case of an Asheville-area business owner accused of ...

An Arkansas death row inmate will have a hearing in August to determine if he can end his appeals against the advice of an attorney and hasten his execution.

"It was like the joy of clemency all over again,” Rejon Taylor, whose death sentence was commuted by Joe Biden, told Newsweek ...

California issued a stay of execution for Michael Angelo Morales in 2006, sparking a debate about the ethical implications of ...