South Carolina has executed its first death row inmate in 13 years for the murder of a convenience store clerk in 1997.

A South Carolina man, Freddy Owens, 46, is asking the Supreme Court to halt his execution after a witness admitted to falsely ...

South Carolina death row inmate Freddie Owens died by lethal injection on Friday during the state’s first execution in 13 ...

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court a judge’s ruling upholding the conviction and death sentence for Marcellus ...

A military court in Congo, one of Africa’s largest countries, has convicted three Americans and dozens of others of taking part in a coup attempt and imposed “the harshest ...

The Indiana Supreme Court has set the date for the first state execution in 15 years. WXIN-TV reports the court on Wednesday ...

Barring any legal reprieves, Joseph Corcoran, 49, will be killed by lethal injection sometime before sunrise Dec. 18 at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City.

Twenty-three years after the deadliest attack on US soil in its history, the mantra “Never Forget” endures in the American ...

The Indiana Supreme Court on Wednesday set a Dec. 18 execution date for a Fort Wayne quadruple murderer, but said he has ...

The 14-year-old boy suspected of shooting and killing four people at a high school in Georgia will not face the death penalty. Colt Gray appeared at a court hearing on Friday, a day after his ...

But the state is home to federal death row, inside a special facility in Terre Haute where the U.S. carries out all federal executions. Friends of Nasih Khalil Ra’id say he was struggling to ...

The Andhra Pradesh Disha Bill, 2019 and Shakti Criminal Laws (Maharashtra Amendment) Bill, 2020 both propose death penalty for rape ... the Kolkata Police to the federal agency.