The upcoming execution of Oscar Franklin Smith has caused a deeper look into the history and methods of execution and current ways Death Row offenders are managed.

The New Jersey man convicted of stabbing author Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022 has been sentenced to ...

There are several changes that they’ve made that I’m not sure why. The guys aren’t sure why. Words that I heard on Monday night are, ‘it’s just evil,'” ...

Tennessee recently scheduled its first executions after a five-year hiatus. Authors Steven Hale and Margaret Vandiver talk ...

There was a time when Harpootlian was the Fifth Circuit solicitor, putting him face to face with the most notorious serial killer in South Carolina history: Pee Wee Gaskins.

But the Bayou State is not the only death penalty state with a wrongful conviction problem. Death row exonerations – when someone is released after being sentenced – have become more common in the ...

A new book explores the secretive, complicated history of lethal injection and its relationship to the death penalty.

Dick Harpootlian has a new book discussing his prosecution of notorious South Carolina serial killer Pee Wee Gaskins.

David Souter, the former US Supreme Court justice who dismayed Republicans by siding with liberals on some of America’s most ...

Former Gov. George Ryan died Friday morning at 91, more than two decades after leaving office for the last time and 12 years ...

Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich said a man who "targeted and killed" a sheriff's deputy May 2 near the University of Cincinnati's campus will face the death penalty. Pillich said Rodney ...