The Arizona State Supreme Court was scheduled to meet Tuesday to discuss issuing a death warrant amid concerns about Arizona's execution protocols.

I am grateful to Connecticut for banning the death penalty, but it is deeply troubling to me that Connecticut companies are ...

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said crime victims and their families have waited too long for justice in the form of death penalty executions.

Convicted of drug & sex trafficking, strip club owner also faces charges in alleged murder of witness, for which prosecutors had decided not to seek death penalty.

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Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

Governor Landry announced that the La. Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections has finalized and implemented an updated ...

A memo directs DOJ staff to pursue the death penalty for undocumented immigrants who have been charged with capital crimes, ...

Lawmakers introduced the bill after the HBO show ‘Last Week Tonight’ revealed that a CT company was the source of a drug used ...

I Am Ready, Warden,” nominated for an Oscar, follows John Henry Ramirez in the days before he was executed in Texas for murder. It also spotlights the sons of both Ramirez and his victim.

Governor Landry emphasized that this method will ensure Louisiana’s ability to carry out death sentences in a timely and effective manner.

Attorneys for convicted murderer James Ford have filed legal briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to ...