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 ...

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.

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.

South Carolina plans to execute death row inmate Mikal Mahdi April 11. Here’s how Solicitor David Pascoe argued for the death ...

The collection up for sale includes journals and cookbooks that inmate Albert Jones has written from death row. The ...

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says she has directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, ...

The Rev. Jeff Hood has made a career of fighting to save men the state wants to kill — and it doesn't matter if they're ...

Elaine* spent the final 20 years of her life writing letters to 25 long-term prisoners in the U.S. prison system. Each of the 24 men and the sole woman ...

Greg Abbott. Montoya's predecessors supported sending Crusius to death row. "I've heard about it. I think the guy does deserve the death penalty, to be honest," Abbott said Tuesday about the decision.