A bill moving in the state House this week would reintroduce the electric chair and firing squads as part of the death ...

The district attorney says they plan to appeal the April 23 overturning of Jimmie Duncan’s 1998 murder conviction. A ...

Idaho won’t be able to carry out the death penalty until prison officials increase witness access for executions.

On Tuesday, House Bill 270 moved to its next committee. The bill changes the go-to execution method from lethal injection to ...

North Carolina lawmakers will discuss a bill Tuesday that would give death row inmates the option to choose between three execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution, or firing squad.

A lawsuit filed on behalf of 21 inmates seeks to prevent them from being transferred to a notorious federal supermax prison ...

When a military judge threw out a defendant’s confession in the Sept. 11 case this month, he gave two main reasons. The ...

While North Carolina hasn’t carried out an execution since 2006, the bill would legalize additional ways to carry out the ...

Indiana death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie's clemency hearings are set for the coming weeks as his legal team fights to delay ...

Pee Wee Gaskins was the friendliest and most sociable serial killer Dick Harpootlian has ever met. “You like killing, just ...

A legislative committee on Tuesday is scheduled to debate a bill that would allow people sentenced to death in North Carolina to choose between three options for their execution: lethal injection, ...

The festival will bring mariachi music, food and entertainment to Long Beach residents on Saturday, May 3, at Veterans Park.