Florida’s death penalty laws come under scrutiny as the state ramps up executions. Amid a record-breaking year for executions in Florida, death penalty reform campaigners press for changes to the ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — This week, the Pinal County attorney announced intentions to seek the death penalty for the man accused of killing Apache Junction Police Officer Gabriel Facio. Even if the ...

A former death row inmate who spent three years waiting to be handed his date of execution has shed light on an eerie phenomenon he claims takes place each time someone is put to death. It’s difficult ...

Steven Bixby's competency hearing concluded, with the judge having 30 days to rule on his mental fitness for execution. Bixby, convicted of murdering two officers in 2003, claims his interpretation of ...

A Florida man sentenced to death for raping and murdering a 13-year-old girl did the state a favor last week — by killing himself before it could execute him, officials said. Matthew Caylor, 50, had ...

President Donald Trump said Tuesday his administration would seek the death penalty for anyone convicted of murder in Washington, D.C., intensifying his anti-crime rhetoric as he pursues a crackdown ...

It is unclear how Mr. Trump would carry out his directive. The Supreme Court ruled that mandatory death sentences were unconstitutional nearly half a century ago. By Chris Cameron Reporting from ...

OKLAHOMA — Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond asked the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to switch the execution dates of two death row inmates. Drummond asked for death row inmate Kendrick ...

A Florida advocacy group is urging Governor DeSantis to halt executions of veterans convicted of murder, citing the impact of war on their mental state. This comes after Florida executed its tenth ...

For a long time, when Americans thought about the death penalty, they thought of Texas. Every year for the last several decades, the Lone Star State led the nation in new death sentences and ...

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