The Tennessee Supreme Court set execution dates for Oscar Smith, Byron Black, Donald Middlebrooks and Harold Nichols.

Donald Trump loves a good spectacle, and it's hard to top a speech to a joint session of Congress. The House chamber is ...

South Carolina plans to execute a man by firing squad, a method not used in the U.S. for 15 years. Since 1976, lethal ...

South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in the U.S. in nearly 15 years ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin Meyers, a first for her time in office and the first commutation ...

Convicted murderer John Fitzgerald Hanson was returned to Oklahoma Saturday from a federal prison in Louisiana to face ...

Prosecutors are gearing up to try their first death penalty trials under District Attorney Sean Teare. But first, they need a jury. The arduous selection process is underway to choose who will hear ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a staunch supporter of capital punishment, has commuted the sentence of a death row inmate to life in ...

EXCLUSIVE: As a brilliant new TV drama stars Lucy Boynton as the last woman to be hanged, its author reveals the fury of the ...

New laws in Florida mandate stiffer criminal penalties for immigrants in the U.S. illegally than for everyone else.

We’ve curated the most powerful quotes from individuals who are against the death penalty — including activists, ...