The death penalty, also known as capital punishment, is the execution by the state of an individual who has been convicted of ...

Texas has executed James Broadnax for the 2008 slayings of two men at a Garland recording studio, despite a recent claim from ...

A US man who claims to be immortal has been deemed too mentally ill to be executed, after spending over two decades on death ...

A judge ruled that a South Carolina inmate who killed a state trooper is incompetent to be executed due to mental illness ...

A death row inmate who believes he has already died three times and been resurrected has been deemed too mentally ill to face ...

The death row inmate has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution, pointing to a codefendant’s confession in the ...

James Hitchcock has lived under a death sentence for nearly half a century. As of Wednesday, his only reprieve lies with the ...

John Richard Wood, 56, was set to be executed after serving more than 25 years for killing a state trooper in South Carolina, ...

Florida has executed 19 people in 2025, a new state record set under Gov. Ron DeSantis. The number of executions in Florida this year is nearly four times higher than any other state. DeSantis has ...

Florida plans its sixth execution of 2026, continuing an accelerated schedule under Gov. Ron DeSantis. A record number of ...