Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, will lie in state in the state Capitol Rotunda on ...

On the one hand, she said that she decided only after “careful consideration.” On the other, she paid homage its political basis. In Bondi’s view, putting Mangione to death would “carry ...

Death penalty opponents are advocating for the Attorney General to halt the execution. Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, is on death row in Mississippi for a 1976 kidnapping and murder.

Deliberations began Thursday morning in the death penalty trial for convicted killer Paul Kendrick. Before that, testimony continued Thursday morning as the prosecution offered up closing ...

Proponents say death is the only appropriate penalty for some crimes. The West Salem, Wis., mother of a death row inmate says revenge is at the heart of the issue.

Luigi Mangione, 26, accused in the slaying of CEO Brian Thompson, is up for the death penalty if he's convicted on federal charges. Here's why.

U.S. Attorney Robert Troester for the Western District of Oklahoma filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty against 27-year-old Jasper Reed.

L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman says he will allow prosecutors in his office to consider pursuing the death penalty, a punishment his predecessor did not use.

Each death penalty case is autho­rized by the DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C., in con­sul­ta­tion with local U.S. Attorney offices, who prosecute the cases.

State Attorney Jack Campbell confirmed that he intends to seek the death penalty against the man accused of killing two people and injuring five others in the April 17 mass shooting at Florida ...

And support for the death penalty is down nationally, at 53% in a 2024 Gallup poll, from a high of 80% in 1994. The system is being upheld by politicians who say, “It’s the law, and we must ...

Pam Bondi’s push for the death penalty in Luigi Mangione’s case is not about justice Why Americans should Be troubled that the Trump administration wants Luigi Mangione dead ...