U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that she has directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, following through ...

Each death penalty case is autho­rized by the DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C., in con­sul­ta­tion with local U.S. Attorney offices, who prosecute the cases.

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The longest-standing inmate on Arkansas' death row has died of natural causes. Bruce Earl Ward was found ...

The longest serving inmate now on Arkansas' death now is Don Davis, who was sentenced in 1992 for killing a northwest Arkansas woman after breaking into her home. Davis, who was also one of the ...

If a corrections bill in the Florida Legislature passes, the state could see death row prisoners executed by firing squad or ...

Retired educator turned pastor Myra Harris writes that sparing Mikal Mahdi would send “a powerful message to all of the other ...

Ward was the state’s longest-standing death row inmate, having been convicted and given a death sentence in 1990 after the ...

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has set an execution date for a death row inmate convicted of killing a 77-year-old woman in 1999.

The average time spent on Ohio's death row is now 22 years, with death by natural causes or suicide far more likely than ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Justice Department will seek the death penalty for accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nine Tennessee death row inmates are suing the state over its push for a new round of lethal ...

The US Supreme Court rejected a request to clarify when state prisoners can appeal the denial of their federal habeas ...