The 2007 case Panetti v. Quarterman raised the bar for executing the mentally ill, requiring a “rational understanding” of ...

Indiana has exhausted its supply of lethal injection drugs after carrying out two executions in the past six months.

A leading Jewish anti-death penalty group, L'chaim, is calling on federal prosecutors to reject capital punishment for Elias ...

The decision marks the first time in more than 15 years that a San Mateo County district attorney will seek to execute an ...

Senate Bill 990, authored by Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) and partly in response to the murder of Jocelyn Nungaray, ...

Lil Durk will not face capital punishment in his federal murder-for-hire case after the U.S. Attorney General declined to ...

Rep. Paul Gosar has reintroduced legislation seeking the death penalty for fentanyl dealers whose drugs result in death.

In connection to case of Raja Raghuvanshi found dead in Meghalaya after the Indore couple went missing, Raja Raghuvanshi’s mother demanded capital punishment for whoever is responsible for his son’s ...

The accused, Naushad, had allegedly lured the minor girl with chocolates and called her to his flat, where he raped her.

Gov. Mike Braun said he's open to a discussion about the future of capital punishment in Indiana. The cost of purchasing the ...

Recent executions have depleted the state's supply of pentobarbital, prompting discussions about alternative execution methods and the future of capital punishment in Indiana. A bill to abolish ...