Anti-death penalty advocates in Louisiana are calling on Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards to act within the next two weeks to commute the sentences of the...
CNN — Missouri has executed a death row inmate for the 2002 murder of a young girl over the objections of his attorneys, who argued he...
“Mr. Johnson has indeed forfeited his liberty by his criminal conduct, but he has not forfeited his humanity. I prayerfully ask you to consider that now...
CNN — Children in the custody of Louisiana’s Office of Juvenile Justice being held in a former death row building at an adult prison are suffering...
CNN — An Alabama death row inmate has asked a federal appeals court to stop his execution scheduled for this week, arguing the state hasn’t made...
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A white Texas gunman who killed 23 people at a Walmart in 2019 returns to court Wednesday for sentencing in a...
CNN — Prosecutors could seek the death penalty against a Mexican national charged with fatally shooting five people in a Texas home, after a grand jury...
A prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty for a 43-year-old Kansas man accused of killing his two sons before fleeing to Oklahoma LEAVENWORTH, Kan....
GRAND FORKS — There were only eight recorded executions in North Dakota before the state officially abolished the death penalty 50 years ago. While the last...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal appeals court has vacated a stay of execution for a Missouri inmate who is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday...