The South Carolina Department of Corrections uses a lethal injection protocol that was suspended by the Department of Justice over concerns that it might cause unnecessary pain and suffering.

Howard Frank's new book "Chameleon" is about Michael Parrish, who murdered his girlfriend and their young son in the Poconos in 2009.

If it seems like death penalty cases drag out in the courts already, new legislation introduced on Thursday would ensure that ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - First Alert 6 has the headlines you need to know to get your Thursday started. One person is in the hospital after a cutting in Omaha early Thursday. Omaha Police officers were ...

Abdul-Salaam was convicted in the fatal shooting of New Cumberland police officer Willis Cole during a robbery at a coin shop ...

If all executions scheduled through March 20 take place, nine people will have been executed in the first three months of the ...

The 2025 legislative session is in full swing at the Idaho Statehouse in Boise and Governor Little just signed one of the most intriguing bills into law.

Prosecutors won't say why they withdrew their intent to seek the death penalty against a couple accused of murdering their child in 2017.

Johnson has been on death row since 1998 when he was convicted of capital murder for the death of Jefferson County Deputy ...

Louisiana has hit a roadblock in its plan to resume executions after a 15-year pause. At issue is the method -- death by nitrogen gas -- an which has been used only a handful of times in Alabama and ...