A Gulf War Army veteran convicted of the shotgun slayings of his girlfriend and her three children has been scheduled for ...

Florida may soon expand its approved methods of execution to include firing squads and nitrogen gas, following a wave of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ohio lawmakers are trying to end the state’s years-long moratorium on executions by compelling state prison ...

Each death penalty case is autho­rized by the DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C., in con­sul­ta­tion with local U.S.

Meet the patients in Canada and California legally choosing assisted dying, including Wayne, whose death we witness. And hear ...

Bruce Ward was among eight inmates Arkansas planned to execute in 2017, but his execution and three others were halted by the ...

A new book called The Volunteer is looking at the death penalty in America through the eyes of Nevada inmate Scott Dozier, who volunteered to be executed after being sentenced to death.

Each death penalty case is autho­rized by the DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C., in con­sul­ta­tion with local U.S. Attorney offices, who prosecute the cases.

Tennessee Death Row inmate Gary Sutton says he didn't commit the crime he's convicted of and has a group of supporters fighting for his exoneration.

A fake doctor is accused of injecting a woman with a likely lethal dose of lidocaine in his Queens home on Friday, authorities said. Felipe Hoyos-Foronda, 38, ...

Michael Tanzi, convicted nearly 25 years ago for the murder of Janet Acosta, a Miami Herald employee, is slated for execution ...