Charged with killing a Louisiana state trooper and others during a multiparish shooting rampage, a Louisiana man is asking ...

Singapore hanged a 35-year-old Singaporean-Iranian man for drug trafficking on Friday, its fourth in less than a month, ...

Anti-death penalty advocates fear Supreme Court may change how life circumstances are considered in capital cases. Concerns ...

When Deborah Gonzalez ran to be elected District Attorney of Georgia’s Western Judicial Circuit in 2020, she made no bones ...

Tehran had urged the government to ‘reconsider’ the execution of Masoud Rahimi Mehrzad, a Singaporean-Iranian man.

A state senator demands Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr intervene and demand the death penalty for Laken Riley's murderer ...

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes confirmed in a statement on Tuesday that her office would be seeking a death warrant for ...

In recent times there has been much talk about capital punishment and whether it has or can make a difference in reducing crime. I will attempt to answer the question ...

Yes, capital punishment is a deterrent to crime — at least for those who have committed murder. The death penalty is a sure guarantee that they will not live to take another innocent life.

If Utah death row prisoner Ralph Menzies is determined mentally competent, his execution could proceed. His attorneys allege ...

The death row prisoner argued that it would be cruel and unusual punishment to try to execute him again after a failed attempt.

Masoud Rahimi Mehrzad, born to a Singaporean mother and an Iranian father, was convicted in 2013 for drug trafficking ...