Justices to consider how to determine if a person is "intellectually disabled." ...

Until this year, death penalty executions had been dwindling across the nation. The sudden spike now is unusual, experts say. Forty-five people on death row have been executed so far this year, and ...

Decades ago, the Supreme Court said inmates who are intellectually disabled can't be executed. Now, it weighs the use of IQ ...

Forty-four death row inmates across the U.S. have been executed this year, reaching a level not seen in more than a decade.

The U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty, a coalition of over 50 organizations, has been launched to abolish capital ...

Jimmie Duncan was released on bond in Louisiana after evidence used to convict him in the murder of his former girlfriend's daughter was discredited.

Florida has sentenced 117 veterans to death, the most of any state. It has executed seven in this year alone. As the Death ...

A man convicted of stabbing a woman to death during a home invasion robbery is set to be executed at Florida State Prison Tuesday night.

States are moving in sharply different directions on the death penalty, with some looking to broaden when and how executions occur while others try to scale them back or end them entirely.

Amnesty International says 20 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have abolished the death penalty for all crimes. Nigeria imposed the highest number of death sentences and had the highest number of ...

In letters posted on a new website, the former doomsday cult leader maintains his innocence and says he hopes his musings help people understand him better Chad Daybell is sharing his innermost ...