Serial killer Aileen Wuornos killed at least seven men during a one-year period, before she was convicted and given six death ...

Twenty-seven former Ohio lawmakers have joined the movement to abolish the death penalty in the state, citing concerns over ...

The Oklahoma State District Attorney is seeking the death penalty for the remaining two defendants in the murders of Veronica ...

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by liberal Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, has dissented in the ...

Anthony Boyd was the eighth person executed by nitrogen gas since Alabama began using the method last year. His execution ...

Attorneys are asking a federal judge to block next month’s scheduled execution of a convicted child killer, arguing Florida’s ...

Legal Newsletter highlights Trump’s bid to deploy the National Guard in Chicago, a striking death penalty dissent and more.

Attorneys are asking a federal judge to block next month’s scheduled execution of a convicted child killer, arguing Florida’s ...

As Alabama prepared to execute a death row inmate with nitrogen gas, the Supreme Court's three liberal justices wrote a ...

A state commission that polices judicial misconduct Friday revealed formal charges against an appeals court judge who, it ...

The state killed Anthony Boyd last night, and the process was anything but humane.

Anthony Boyd was convicted of capital murder in the 1993 killing of Gregory Huguley in Talladega County, Alabama.