A Texas man has been executed for the killing of a Dallas area pastor who was attacked in his church during a robbery.

Frazier is set to die by nitrogen gas for the murder of Pauline Brown in Birmingham, Alabama in 1991. Critics say the method ...

Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 killing of Rev. Clint Dobson and put to death on Wednesday.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced she will direct the DOJ to pursue the death penalty at the state level against the ...

Nearly four decades ago, public outrage over the execution of Jerome Bowden, a man with an IQ of 65, spurred Georgia ...

This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. By Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle February 3, ...

Ending capital punishment had been a dormant issue in Indiana, but advocates now believe a Republican-led effort to abolish ...

The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The ...

A South Carolina death row inmate was executed on Friday, marking the third time in four months the state has carried out the death penalty.

South Carolina has executed their first death row prisoner this year, Marion Bowman Jr., who has been in prison since 2002 ...