The man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses -- two fatally -- is now in federal custody on murder ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a Memphis judge did not have the authority to give a man formerly on death row ...

If two more executions proceed as planned before the end of June—one each in Florida and Mississippi—the same number of ...

Indiana's lethal injections force doctors to break their "do no harm" oath while costing $450,000 per execution.

Scott Panetti had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, paranoid delusions, depression and insomnia. His case made it to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Vance Luther Boelter faces federal and state charges for killing Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband and injuring Sen. John ...

The suspected killer of a Minnesota lawmaker could face the death penalty, US prosecutors said Monday as they revealed ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate is seeking clemency from Gov. Tate Reeves. On Monday, attorneys for Richard Gerald Jordan filed the petition, asking the governor ...

Payne was orignially sentenced to death, but now will be serving two consecutive life sentences. He is eligible for parole in 2056.

Attorneys for convicted murderer Brittany Holberg, who has been on death row since 1998, filed an objection Friday to the ...

Second-degree murder convictions in Minnesota carry a penalty of three to 40 years in prison, while first-degree murder charges carry a sentence of up to life in prison.