Tennessee is set to execute its first death row inmate in years. Here's which states have the death penalty and which methods are still practiced.

Gregory Hunt, convicted of the 1998 murder and sexual assault of Karen Lane, will argue that he killed but did not sexually ...

A new act is aiming for the federal government to pursue the death penalty in all 50 states, even where it's banned, for ...

On the new bills potentially putting the federal government at odds with states that oppose capital punishment, Erin Epley, a former federal prosecutor for the Southern District of Texas ...

The Connecticut legislature’s Judiciary Committee has voted to advance a proposal that would penalize companies that ...

Seven of the eight defendants charged in the killing of Mahogany Jackson appeared in Jefferson County court today. These ...