WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed are urging a federal appeals panel to let his ...

There are a lot of reasons that the death penalty is almost never imposed anymore. As a growing cadre of experts has ...

The annual report tells the stories of several individuals who faced execution in 2024 despite evidence that they were not ...

ABC News' Linsey Davis discusses the documentary "I am Ready, Warden," which follows a death row inmate, with Smriti Mundhra ...

For the past several weeks, a major challenge to Kansas’ death penalty has been underway in a Wyandotte County murder case.

A well-executed penalty kick can often mean the difference between success and failure for teams chasing glory. But what ...

Aaron Gunches asked the Arizona Supreme Court to issue an expedited execution warrant for him more than a decade after he was ...

I am ready to go. I am ready, Warden.” These were the last words of death row inmate John Henry Ramirez shortly before his ...

It said the men, aged 18 to 35, were armed robbers and “urban bandits,” locally known as Kulunas, who were executed in northwest Congo at Angenga prison. Forty-five were killed in late December, and ...

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona death row prisoner asked the state’s highest court to skip legal formalities and schedule his execution earlier than authorities were aiming for, pushing as he had in the ...

A judge reinstated a stay of execution for a Lancaster man as he moves forward with the ongoing challenge to his conviction ...

Kevin Brian Dowling, who was found guilty of the 1997 murder of Jennifer Myers, will not see the death penalty anytime soon.