Bryan Herrera, 16, was shot and killed while riding his bicycle in Miami just a few days before Christmas in 2012.

Oklahoma death row inmate Brenda Andrew could get another trial after the U.S. Supreme Court stepped in and said she may not ...

In a move that has sparked debate, President Donald Trump granted a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk ...

The Supreme Court found an Oklahoma woman convicted of murdering her estranged husband can pursue a claim that prosecutors ...

The Kolkata court sentenced Sanjay Roy, a former Kolkata Police civic volunteer, to imprisonment till death after he was ...

Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a ...

One of the executive orders issued by President Donald Trump amid the flurry of actions on his first day in office yesterday ...

The order directs the U.S. attorney general to actively pursue the death penalty in federal cases, particularly for murders ...

A bill imposing the death penalty by firing squad for public officials convicted of corruption-related criminal charges has ...

A House lawmaker filed a bill proposing the death penalty for public officials convicted of corruption, with execution by ...

Montana does allow the death penalty, although a 2015 court ruling that found the specific substance in the law has precluded ...

Brenda Andrew was convicted of murder in a 2004 trial where prosecutors presented evidence about her sex life.