MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man charged with killing a prominent Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another could face something that ...

The journalist recently wrote of her experience being present for an execution and her own family's ties to tragedy in ...

While four inmates being scheduled to die in the same week is not an anomaly in the U.S., their executions present an overall ...

The state of Oklahoma has executed a man convicted in the 1999 murder of a 77 year old woman who was kidnapped at a Tulsa ...

However, he allowed criminals to be mutilated for their crimes. During the middle ages, capital punishment was accompanied by torture. Most barons had a drowning pit as well as gallows and they ...

Seymour, said he supports imposing the death penalty for convicted child molesters and may propose legislation next session ...

On Thursday, a federal judge denied Stanko’s attorneys’ appeal to delay his execution over concerns of the effectiveness of lethal injection used on previous inmates. Stanko is set to become the sixth ...

HAMPSTEAD, NC (WWAY) — A Pender County man accused of killing his sister could be eligible for capital punishment. Matthew ...

An Oklahoma man who ate three “last meals” and was scheduled for execution nine times won’t face the death penalty again.