The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism wrote that the death penalty is a “stain upon civilization and our religious ...

At the age of 30, Paul Kendrick becomes one of the youngest defendants placed on death row for the murder of a correctional officer at SCI-Somerset.

Lynching didn't disappear with America's last public execution in Owensboro, KY — the practice went underground.

With capital murder suspect Cindy Rodriguez Singh back in Tarrant County, investigators will be digging deeper into what ...

Arkansas became the fifth state to authorize nitrogen hypoxia when Gov. Sanders approved legislation on the matter in March.

The hills, the plains, and the forests have become unsafe for pastors in India. They face death in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh if they dare attempt to persuade anyone to become a ...

Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman expressed regret for not commuting death sentences during his time in office, while warning that Florida's current execution process is plagued by secrecy and racial ...

A 16-year-old boy has been charged as an adult in the death of a neighbor found fatally stabbed last month in a shed behind ...

Indonesian authorities have arrested a 42-year-old Peruvian woman in Bali after discovering cocaine concealed inside a sex toy and her underwear, a crime that could face the death penalty.

A coalition of local faith leaders is calling on Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders to stop the implementation of Arkansas’ new ...

Iran has carried out another rare public execution, hanging a convicted murderer at the exact location where his crime was committed, authorities ...

A man accused of killing two elderly men on their morning walk will be held without bail until trial after prosecutors laid out his potential link to other shootings and his desire to harm others.