The Tennessee Attorney General's Office is asking the state Supreme Court to set execution dates for five people on death row ...
Twenty-three states have abolished the death penalty. California should join them in ending state-sponsored executions.
Authorities say Trooper Nikky Green was fatally shot with his own gun while trying to arrest Ricky Malone for allegedly ...
It's been 15 years since Louisiana executed a death row prisoner. Here's when the death penalty started in Louisiana and what ...
A man — who was convicted in Texas of a double homicide and confessed to killing two others — sought penance from the ...
The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The ...
Raymond Lee Oyler set a fire that killed five firefighters in 2006. The California Supreme Court will decide if he remains on death row, writes Robin Epley of The Sacramento Bee.