The proposed law heads to Gov. Brad Little’s desk for his consideration, likely ending an Idaho Supreme Court appeal if he ...

Failure to accurately inform jurors on Leroy McGill’s eligibility for parole during sentencing may prove fatal.

James Broadnax's execution date is scheduled for April 30 in the state of Texas.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A death row inmate in Oklahoma was preparing for his scheduled execution Thursday when Gov. Kevin Sitt spared his life. The ...

Tennessee is scheduled to execute death row inmate Edmund Zagorski using the electric chair Nov. 1, the first time the chair has been used here in 11 years. Gov. Bill Haslam delayed the execution to ...

Billy Leon Kearse spent 29 years on death row for killing Fort Pierce police Sgt. Danny Parrish in 1991 — and the case likely ...

Readers respond to an editorial about the death penalty. Also: The benefits of small talk; calling all teenagers.

The execution of a former Florida police officer convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl has been temporarily ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols are asking the governor to convert his sentence to life imprisonment with just a month until his scheduled ...

RAIFORD, Fla. (WMBB) – As with every execution in Florida, at Mark Geralds’ execution on Tuesday, there were death penalty opponents gathered across from the Florida State Prison in Raiford. Most are ...