A legal decision handed down in Johnston County could have big impacts for more than 100 prisoners currently on death row in North Carolina. A judge ruled on Friday that race played a role in the case ...

A proposal to give prosecutors the option of seeking the death penalty in child rape cases cleared a state House committee in Alabama this week, but questions remain over whether it is constitutional.

The Idaho House on Thursday widely approved a bill to make death by firing squad the main death penalty method in Idaho.

Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said it’s “unfortunate” that Alabama is set to execute a Detroit native sentenced for murder ...

South Carolina went 13 years between executions before restarting them last year in part because the state couldn’t obtain drugs for lethal injections. A shield law passed in 2023 keeps private the ...

A North Carolina judge has ruled that racial bias tainted jury selection and sentencing in the trial of a Black inmate who ...

Five states allow firing squads but Idaho could become the first to use it as the primary method of execution.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected a death row inmate’s request for information on the most recent execution, which was carried out last week.

Sublette County Attorney Clayton Melinkovich said he hasn’t ruled out seeking the death penalty for two Big Piney men charged ...

Leslie Galloway III was charged with capital murder following the death of 17-year-old Shakeylia Anderson of Gulfport.

Stephan Sterns, the man accused of murdering 13-year-old Madeline Soto, has filed a motion seeking to have the death penalty ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police are investigating the death of a television reporter who was in New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl ...