There’s room to talk about how we go about making the death penalty an active option in Ohio as we strive for an ever-more-perfect justice system, writes guest columnist Dave Yost, Ohio's 51st ...

Federal prosecutors are considering seeking the death penalty against Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero in a sprawling ...

Over 40 DEA agents packed the Brooklyn federal courtroom this week, their presence a silent tribute to their fallen comrade, ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - A Dothan man, charged with Capital Murder and who once faced death for the fatal shooting of a sleeping ...

President Donald Trump is stone-cold serious about restoring the death penalty—or what’s left of it after four years with Joe ...

Paul Kendrick, 29, is accused of killing Sgt. Mark Baserman, 60, of Johnstown, and injuring correctional officer William ...

simply got another life term when the jury could not unanimously agree on capital punishment. “As someone who went through that trial, I need to walk into a courtroom and not feel like I don’t ...

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If opponents of capital punishment had to sum up their entire case in one tableau, it would be a scene showing a 19th century English pickpocket reaching for the pocket of a spectator at the ...

Four executions are scheduled this year with a new lethal injection protocol and the ethical and legal debate is intensifying.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Saritha Komatireddy confirmed that capital punishment remains on ... said as dozens of DEA agents packed the courtroom. Judge Frederic Block, in response, tapped a lawyer ...