A man convicted of murder and sentenced to death in two states is scheduled to be executed on May 15. Here's what to know.

Some criminal justice advocates argue the bill would increase the odds that innocent people stay in prison or are executed.

The Louisiana Supreme Court late Friday put the brakes on execution plans for two Caddo Parish death row inmates.

Caddo Parish DA’s Office files to have 2 death row inmates executed. The state supreme court ruled the district court must ...

A Florida man convicted of killing a Miami Herald employee who was abducted on her lunch break was executed Tuesday evening.

THE world has seen its deadliest year for executions in a decade, with Iran and China crowned the worst globally. Various ...

Ohio has not carried out an execution in nearly seven years, despite 116 inmates remaining on death row, according to the state’s ...

The mixed feelings generated by Louisiana’s resurrection of capital punishment stemmed largely from association. Prisoners with no connection to the 56 condemned men went about their business. But ...

If a corrections bill in the Florida Legislature passes, the state could see death row prisoners executed by firing squad or ...

George John Hanson, also known as John Fitzgerald Hanson, reportedly carjacked and kidnapped 77-year-old Mary Bowles from a Tulsa shopping mall.

Edward James, 63, was sentenced to death for the 1993 murders of eight-year-old Toni Neuner and 58-year-old Betty Dick ...

Prison officials said Edward James, 63, was pronounced dead at 8:15 p.m. Thursday after receiving a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison ...