Hanson arrived in Oklahoma to face a likely execution by the state for his murder conviction. The Biden administration previously blocked the move.

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 ...

Melly could be sentenced to death by a non-unanimous jury — a practice with deep roots in Jim Crow — if convicted in a double ...

The death penalty has long been a controversial and divisive issue, with passionate advocates on both sides of the debate.

Defendants seeking relief from capital punishment typically don’t win at the high court, but Richard Glossip’s case was a ...

Both sides had told the justices that long-suppressed evidence had undermined the case against the inmate, Richard Glossip.