There are a lot of reasons that the death penalty is almost never imposed anymore. As a growing cadre of experts has ...

For the past several weeks, a major challenge to Kansas’ death penalty has been underway in a Wyandotte County murder case.

"Something is rotten in Denmark," the state wrote in a Dec. 20 motion. The judge is accused of having improper communication ...

Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty against the man accused of killing two people and injuring six more in a mass ...

"Something is rotten in Denmark," the state wrote in a Dec. 20 motion. The judge is accused of having improper communication with a defense attorney in a death penalty case.

In recent times the recurrent increase in the incidents of murder and crimes of violence has shocked our communities. A sense of insecurity has wrapped around the collective horror confronting ...

A death row inmate from Branchville is scheduled to be executed on Jan. 31, according to an order issued Friday by the South ...

Lawyers for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed are urging a federal appeals panel to let his scheduled guilty ...

Zimbabwe hasn’t executed anyone who was sentenced to death since 2005. With the passing of the Death Penalty Abolition Act ...

In a historic move, Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty, following a decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Once sentenced to death himself, Mnangagwa's decision marks a significant shift in ...

Shannon Wayne Agofsky and Len Davis both filed emergency petitions prevent their death sentences from being commuted to life ...