A Louisville state senator is pushing for a bill that would eliminate capital punishment in Kentucky.

Two Kentucky state senators have introduced legislation that would eliminate the death penalty in the commonwealth, replacing ...

An appeals court upheld a death sentence for a man convicted of a double homicide, and Kentucky's attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to intervene in another case.

A federal appeals court has upheld the death sentence of a Kentucky man convicted nearly 40 years ago for fatally shooting ...

A federal appeals court has upheld the death sentence for a man convicted in a 1987 double murder, Attorney General Russell ...

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced Thursday that the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the capital ...

A federal court of appeals ruled on March 2 to uphold the sentence for a death row inmate who was convicted in 1987 for killing two men at a variety store in Madison County.

Missouri’s lawmakers were forced to grapple with religion and morality as they debated a bill to abolish the death penalty Monday afternoon.

Missouri lawmakers are pushing to eliminate the state's death penalty.

sailor named Fandi Ramadhan escaped the death penalty after the Batam District Court on Thursday sentenced him to five years in prison in a smuggling case involving some 1.9 tonnes of sabu, or crystal ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a lower court ruling that Alabama prosecutors violated Michael Sockwell's constitutional rights by intentionally rejecting Black jurors, paving the way ...

Defense for ex-Kentucky sheriff charged in judge's murder want death penalty excluded Annual governors' gathering with White House unraveling after Trump excludes Democrats Snow maps show which states ...