Louisiana is restarting death penalty executions next week for the first time in 15 years, using nitrogen gas to execute ...

"In sum, the district court didn’t just get the legal analysis wrong — it turned the Constitution on its head, by relying on ...

As South Carolina prepares to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, here are the ways each state conducts capital punishment.

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Maintaining a system that risks killing the innocent along with the guilty is itself a crime — and one that underscores the ...

March 10 (UPI) -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant for a 48-year-old man convicted of kidnapping and ...

Hoffman is currently the only death row prisoner with an execution date ... the toddler at a Baton Rouge home May 2007. The Missouri man told police he forced the boy to sit on a toilet for ...

Missouri exonerees are only eligible for compensation if they're proven innocent through DNA evidence, leaving many wrongfully convicted people without any support once they leave prison.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is asking the state Supreme Court to let him appeal the release of Christopher Dunn, ...

Advertisement The Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed ... The State of Florida on Thursday executed a death row inmate convicted of raping and killing an 8-year-old girl and then killing ...

A wrongly convicted Black man who spent over 30 years behind bars could face a return to prison if the Missouri Attorney General has his way.