The Utah Legislature is considering a bill with the intention of improving the state’s death penalty process, and if passed, ...

A judge found prosecutors committed a “grave error” when they falsely claimed that one of the condemned inmate’s trial ...

In 2025, the United States saw a surge in executions after a period of decline. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 47 people were put to death in 11 […] ...

The Justice Department said it will seek the death penalty for the man accused of shooting two National Guard members, and killing one of them, near the White House in November.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against two co-defendants. Prosecutors have deals with two other co-defendants.

Charles “Sonny” Burton faces execution in Alabama for his role in a 1991 robbery in which a man was fatally shot, even though Burton did not fire the gun or witness the killing. The man who ...

Killer Wade Wilson doesn't sit alone on death row when it comes to inmates tied to killings in SW Florida. See all the faces.

The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld the denial of a new trial for Joseph McAlpin, a death row inmate convicted of two murders during a robbery at a Cleveland used-car dealership. As reported by Court ...

A Douglas County District Court judge dismissed Nikko Jenkins’ request for post-conviction relief, keeping the death penalty in place for one of Omaha’s most notorious killers. Jenkins People watch ...

An argument between two Oklahoma brothers turned deadly over the weekend, with one stabbing the other to death, Us Weekly has learned from investigators. The killing of Nicholas Spencer, 25, inside an ...

Gundrun Casper-Leinenkugel, 52, is accused of 2 murders spanning nearly 20 years. Authorities allege that she poisoned two others. She was denied bond and waived court appointed counsel. This story ...

A federal judge denied a request for an independent monitor, saying he did not have the authority to supervise the Justice Department’s release of the documents. By Benjamin Weiser A federal judge on ...