Efforts to repeal the death penalty have been introduced in two Republican-led states, with some lawmakers citing their ...

The death penalty is a divisive issue in Ohio. Whether the death penalty will be abolished in Ohio, and what forms it may ...

A jury has found a man accused of setting a woman on fire in 2023 in Butler County guilty of all charges leveled against him.

A Kentucky lawmaker is hoping his quest to limit the pardon powers of governors in his state has received a jolt of momentum from public attention over the flurry of pardons and commuted sentences ...

The jury was sent home for the weekend and will return on Monday to hear closing arguments before beginning deliberations.

A man convicted of murdering a woman after breaking into her apartment is set to be executed Thursday evening in Alabama in ...

Frazier was convicted of capital murder for breaking into a Birmingham woman's apartment, stealing cash, raping her at ...

A serial rapist and murderer was put to death by nitrogen gas in Alabama on Thursday, the fourth use of the controversial ...

Alabama executed Demetrius Frazier for the 1991 murder of 41-year-old Pauline Brown two days before Thanksgiving.

Alabama has carried out the nation’s 4th nitrogen gas execution, putting a man to death for the killing of a woman who was raped and shot during an apartment break-in ...

Another sponsor across the aisle, Democrat Sen. Nickie Antonio, argued in support of the bill, stating, “Abolishing the death penalty is pragmatic,” and “According to the Ohio Legislative Service ...

Steven Lawayne Nelson was condemned for the 2011 killing of the Rev. Clint Dobson at a Baptist church in Arlington. Dobson’s ...