Why a death row inmate is requesting execution by firing squad. The death penalty is back in the national conversation as several states are reverting to older and less commonly u ...

South Carolina plans to execute Mikal Mahdi on Friday for the murder of a police officer, draping a hood over his head and ...

In just days before his scheduled execution, one South Carolina inmate on death row has filed a petition for clemency with ...

Michael Anthony Tanzi was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. Tuesday for the grisly murder of Janet Acosta in 2000. Newsweek was in the room.

There were 564 people living under a sentence of death in India at the end of 2024, the highest since the turn of the century ...

L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman says he will allow prosecutors in his office to consider pursuing the death penalty, a ...

In his final moments, Tanzi took it as an opportunity to speak to the family of Janet Acosta. He said: “I want to apologize ...

Mikal Mahdi’s life was marked by abuse. Today, as he awaits execution, the courts have the responsibility to acknowledge the systemic failures that shaped his path.

Arguments began Monday morning in Somerset County court for convicted killer Paul Kendrick, as the jury will decide whether ...

Doug Shiloh still remembers the supportive feedback from a former Janesville teacher, but the writer's largest Wisconsin ...