Sonia ‘Sunny’ Jacobs, who has died aged 78 in a house fire in Connemara, campaigned internationally to abolish the death penalty after her own experience of almost 17 years in prison in the US, five ...

Capital punishment will be sought in connection with the May 26 shooting death of Morrow County Deputy Daniel “Weston” ...

A court sentenced Ralph Leroy Menzies to death in 1988 for kidnapping, robbing and murdering Maurine Hunsaker, a married mother with three children.

After a nearly two-week search in the rugged mountains of northern Arkansas, authorities recaptured Hardin on Friday 1.5 ...

Explore how the Supreme Court considers revising intellectual disability standards in death penalty cases, potentially ...

Justices will consider the case that revolves around the role of multiple IQ scores in determining an Alabama murderer’s ...

Latavious Johnson, a death row inmate, was pronounced dead at about 3:30 p.m. at the Varner Supermax in Gould, according to ...

Every time Michelle and Ashley Monterrosa see a 1980 El Camino, they are constantly reminded of their brother Sean After all, ...

A Utah judge has ruled that a convicted killer who developed dementia while on death row for 37 years is competent enough to ...

A Riverside County death row inmate was allegedly killed by another prisoner at Kern Valley State Prison on Friday morning, ...

Diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, he spent 30 years on death row. In 2007, the Supreme Court raised the bar for executing ...

Arkansas death row inmate Latavious Johnson died of unknown causes at the Varner SuperMax prison on Friday afternoon, ...