Republican U.S. Representative Nancy Mace announced her introduction of the Death Penalty for Child Rapists Act on X Thursday ...

Scotty Ray Gardner sent a letter addressed to Circuit Judge Charles E. Clawson asking that the court deny his pending appeal.

A bill moving in the West Virginia Senate would reinstate the death penalty for people convicted of first-degree murder and ...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ordered a new penalty-phase hearing in the case of Wayne A. Smith, after finding that his ...

Oklahoma officials have locked in May 14, 2026, as the new execution date for Raymond Eugene Johnson, the Tulsa man convicted in 2009 of killing his ex-girlfriend and her 7-month-old daughter in 2007.

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

Death row executions nearly doubled this year compared to last in a rise driven largely by one state — Florida. On Thursday night, Florida executed its 19th person on death row this year, more ...

Short stories, poetry and think pieces Joesph Patri Brown has written while incarcerated have been collected in a book called ...