The execution of 64-year-old James Dennis Ford is set for 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison under a death warrant signed by Gov.

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials ...

The bill moved to the full House of Representatives for consideration, passing the House Judiciary Committee with 8 votes in ...

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 25 people were executed in the United States in 2024. The number of death sentences imposed was 26. There are 2,092 people on death row in the United ...

Salvador Saucedo, who's still on the run, allegedly used hospital equipment to pick the locks on his handcuffs and leg irons and ran off while the deputy guarding him went to the restroom.

Louisiana will resume executions after a 15-year hiatus, forging ahead on plans set in motion last spring to carry out death sentences using nitrogen hypoxia.

The guard faces two charges following an incident at the jail, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department.

The Trump administration appears to be considering sending immigrants facing deportation to FCI Dublin, a former federal ...

Raymond Lee Oyler set a fire that killed five firefighters in 2006. The California Supreme Court will decide if he remains on death row, writes Robin Epley of The Sacramento Bee.

This bill would automatically remove a child to a virtual program, even if there is no safety threat and before a court can ...

Salvador Saucedo Jr. is a convicted sex offender from Bryan who has been wanted out of Gonzales County since last March.