Trump wants to ramp up the federal death penalty. Before he left, the former attorney general made that harder ...

The Department of Justice will seek the death penalty for capital crimes "committed by an alien illegally present in this ...

Trump in his order describes the death penalty as an “essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous crimes ... against American citizens.” ...

Robert Mickens says no murderers should be granted plea deals, but this one comes as a 'slap in the face' with a suspect who ...

President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping execution order on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take ...

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said the decision by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland did not change her view of ...

Attorney General Merrick Garland said "norms" determine the principles upon which the Justice Department operates while ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to revive federal executions, directing the Justice Department to ensure ...

Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump signaled he would resume federal executions if he won and make more people eligible for capital ... General Merrick Garland announced a ...

The Justice Department is rescinding its protocol for federal executions that allowed for single-drug lethal injections with pentobarbital, after a government review raised concerns about the potentia ...