The man charged with killing a prominent Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another could face the death penalty, something that is a rarity for Minnesota but could become more common under the Trump adm ...

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

Diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, he spent 30 years on death row. In 2007, the Supreme Court raised the bar for executing ...

We must face the crisis and make the hard decision to use capital punishment, not because we support it generally but rather ...

An Oklahoma man who ate three “last meals” and was scheduled for execution nine times won’t face the death penalty again.

While four inmates being scheduled to die in the same week is not an anomaly in the U.S., their executions present an overall ...

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 ...