Additional sessions judge Mamta Bhojwani said the crime was “extremely perverted, heinous, brutal and cowardly” ...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will seek the death penalty for Sanjay Roy, the convict in the RG Kar rape and ...

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

The only woman on Oklahoma’s death row, Brenda Andrew, was granted a new hearing by the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday.

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

Donald Trump signed orders dealing with the border, criminal justice and the Biden administration. In many cases, he assigned ...

Death penalty opponents fear President Donald Trump is poised to start an "execution spree" after returning to the White House on Monday.

Utah is the only state to have used firing squads in the past 50 years, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

Prosecutors Tuesday urged a Clark County jury to find a man guilty of a revenge killing for murdering and cutting up and ...

The Supreme Court ordered lower courts to review the case of the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row over concerns that prosecutors’ discussion of her sexual history rendered her trial unfair in the ...

The executive order calls on the attorney general to “take all appropriate action to seek the overruling of Supreme Court ...

Donald Trump's second inauguration included several celebrities in attendance who weren't announced in advance.