Twenty-five men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and four other people are scheduled to be ...

Missouri is one of two states where a judge can hand down death when juries cannot agree unanimously on a sentence.

Clive Stafford Smith, who is retired from Death Row law, continues to campaign against the penalty and claims the US is ...

A divided Supreme Court is allowing states to cut off Medicaid money for Planned Parenthood amid a wider Republican-backed ...

Two of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ’s former deputies are accusing his second in command of attempting to tamper with potential witnesses in Paxton’s impeachment trial.