NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A woman on Tennessee's death row is fighting for her life in court, claiming the state's execution method could cause her to drown in her own blood. Christa Pike is suing the ...

Arizona's Senate passed a measure that would allow voters to decide on firing squad executions, a method proponents call ...

Executions are on the rise in the United States. After creeping upward since the coronavirus pandemic, when the country's use of the death penalty reached a historic low, the numbers have skyrocketed ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro issued his first death penalty reprieve earlier this month, as advocates for abolishing capital punishment say the political winds continue to shift slowly in their favor. The ...

If I had to use one word to describe the ethos of the courtroom last week, it was a simple one — sad. The 80-year-old defendant, a man who’s been on death row for half a century, was slight, slumped ...

Death penalty cases cost taxpayers significantly more than cases where inmates serve life sentences. Capital cases are more ...