PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder was scheduled to be executed Wednesday in the state’s ...

The West Virginia Legislature is moving a bill that would bring the death penalty back to the state, more than 65 years since ...

Members of the state Senate Judiciary Committee signed off on a bill Thursday to bring back the death penalty for anyone ...

The total estimated cost is $26.4 million for housing inmates on death row, constructing an execution chamber, training staff ...

A man who shot and killed an off-duty police officer in South Carolina is scheduled to become the fifth person executed in ...

As South Carolina prepares to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, here are the ways each state conducts capital punishment.

The West Virginia Legislature is again considering proposals to restore the death penalty. This time it is aimed at people ...

A bill advancing in the Senate would reinstate the death penalty in West Virginia for individuals who are sentenced for ...

Members of the state Senate Judiciary Committee signed off on a bill Thursday to bring back the death penalty for anyone convicted of murdering a law enforcement officer or first responder. The Senate ...

The man sentenced to death for the killing of an off-duty Orangeburg police officer in 2004 has filed a stay of execution.