Prosecutors say they follow Ohio's death penalty law. But critics believe political pressure has driven disparities in cases ...

Thirty-five men have died by court-ordered executions in the U.S. so far this year, including one early Friday, with seven ...

TAMPA, Fla. - On Thursday morning, the man convicted of one of the most infamous crimes in Tampa was back in court. Steven ...

The Mississippi Supreme Court denied a new hearing for death row inmate Martez Abram, who was convicted for killing two ...

The ongoing federal government budget crisis has derailed the prosecution of a Zuni jewelry maker who is facing the death penalty if convicted of kidnapping 11 Native American men, killing two of them ...

Richard Laird was twice convicted in the 1987 death of Anthony Milano and twice sentenced to death by Bucks County juries.

Mark Sievers returned to a Lee County courtroom to challenge his death sentence for orchestrating his wife Dr. Teresa Sievers' 2015 murder-for-hire plot.

A forensic psychologist has found that Rodney Hinton Jr. suffers from a serious mental illness that makes him ineligible for ...

Decarlos Brown Jr ., the man accused of killing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska back in late August, was scheduled to have a Rule ...