Delhi court sentences Sajjan Kumar to life imprisonment for 1984 anti-Sikh riots, disappointing victims' families seeking harsher punishment.

Defendants seeking relief from capital punishment typically don’t win at the high court, but Richard Glossip’s case was a ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that condemned Oklahoma death row prisoner Richard Glossip be given a new trial.

Bishop Anthony B. Taylor calls for rejection of a bill allowing executions with nitrogen gas, citing the Church's stance against capital punishment and the importance of human dignity.

Ramos pleaded guilty to killing Sacramento police rookie Tara O’Sullivan, but a prior jury deadlocked on whether he should be ...

Louisiana inmate Christopher Sepulvado died Saturday, just over three weeks before he was scheduled to be put to death for ...

WARREN — Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins is urging federal and state officials to help restore Ohio’s ability to carry ...

Mahoning County Prosecutor Lynn Maro was asked for her reaction to two letters Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins sent urging federal and state officials to help restore Ohio’s ability to carry ...

Arkansas is one among several other states that are looking to replace their way of carrying out capital punishment by using ...

The South Carolina Department of Corrections shared an overview of the protocols ahead of the state's first firing squad ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.- In a pivotal move in the ongoing capital punishment debate, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered the ...