The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a Memphis judge did not have the authority to give a man formerly on death row concurrent sentences of life in prison

The search for Vance Luther Boelter, the FBI-wanted man who is suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses at their residences in the early hours of Saturday morning, is well into its second day.

A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders was put to death Friday by lethal injection in the state’s sixth execution in nine months.Stephen Stanko, 57, was pronounced dead at 6:34 p.

Corinna Lane, a former prosecutor, discusses the flaws in the US death penalty system, the pharmaceutical crisis that halted lethal injection, and the humanity of those on death row in her book Secrets of the Killing State.

In nearly 350 death penalty cases Maricopa County prosecutors pursued over 20 years, just 13% ended in a death sentence. The numbers indicate the need for a more deliberate and transparent process to decide capital charges,

A man with two death sentences chose lethal injection after attorneys referenced a problematic firing squad case. Lawyers argued for more transparency about the lethal drugs used in executions at Broad River Correctional Institution.

Scott Panetti had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, paranoid delusions, depression and insomnia. His case made it to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Oklahoma prosecutors say they will retry longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip a third time for his role in the 1997 killing of his former boss.

One year ago, Florida killer Wade Wilson, who shares his name with the alter ego of the Marvel character Deadpool, was convicted of the gruesome murders of two Cape Coral women.

Oscar Rosales was sentenced to death for the murder of Harris County Precinct 5 Deputy Constable Charles Galloway in 2022.