In theory, the death penalty is reserved for “the worst of the worst.” In practice, it is very different. People who are ...

After President Trump urged states to recommit themselves to capital punishment, Florida started to put prisoners to death at rates not seen in the state’s modern history.

Texas death row inmate Cedric Ricks, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend and her 8-year-old son, apologized to a ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has paved the way for one of Alabama's longest-serving death row inmates to receive a new trial. On ...

Iranians across the country could be seen and heard celebrating the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after coordinated Israeli strikes overnight. In one video, Iranians near Karaj, Iran, ...

The Alabama Supreme Court has issued an order to carry out the sentence of death row inmate Charles Lee Burton. Pro-Trump attorneys push EO that would give Trump wide power over elections: Sources ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WHNT) — The Alabama Supreme Court has issued an order to carry out the sentence of death row inmate Charles Lee Burton. Burton was sentenced to death for the 1991 capital murder of ...

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday slammed the door on Raymond Bright’s latest attempt to escape death row, upholding his two death sentences for the brutal 2008 hammer slayings of two Jacksonville ...

A Florida death row inmate scheduled to die next week is making a final push for transparency, citing a U.S. Supreme Court Justice’s recent warning about “intolerable” secrecy in the state’s execution ...

With members of the U.S. Supreme Court looking on, President Donald Trump attacked the justices for striking down his broad claim of emergency tariff powers last week, calling the ruling “very ...

(AP) - President Donald Trump briefly greeted the four Supreme Court justices at Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, shaking their hands before quickly moving on. Representing the court were ...