Act 662 is set to go into effect August 5, allowing prosecutors to seek the death penalty against child rapists.

Kevin Hines, a contractor maintaining postal machines, was killed during his first shift at a Missouri City USPS facility.

Amid state plans to execute convicted killer Ralph Menzies, Governor Cox said "there are probably circumstances" where the death penalty is "still warranted."Th ...

The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence of Timothy W. Fletcher for the 2009 murder of Helen Googe, rejecting ...

The defendants say Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh misuses capital punishment to pressure defendants into ...

INDIANA – Indiana is set to execute Roy Lee Ward on October 10th for the 2001 rape and murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne.

Travis Posey on Monday pleaded guilty in a Ouachita County courtroom to four counts of capital murder and 11 counts of attempted capital murder in the June 2024 mass shooting at the Mad Butcher ...

Indiana is scheduled to execute Roy Lee Ward for raping and murdering 15-year-old Stacy Payne in 2001. Ward waited for ...

Earlier this month, her attorneys said the court was rushing the process that could determine whether or not the government ...

Arkansas prosecutors will be able to seek the death penalty in some rape cases involving children when a new statute goes ...