Christopher Stockton attacked the toddler after staying up late playing Xbox games, inflicting head injuries similar to those ...

A North Carolina judge has ruled that racial bias tainted jury selection and sentencing in the trial of a Black inmate who was sentenced to death in 2009.

The Racial Justice Act allowed people to challenge their death sentences if they could demonstrate race played a role in ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — The appeal of an arsonist facing the death penalty in California reached the state’s highest court ...

Ending capital punishment had been a dormant issue in Indiana, but advocates now believe a Republican-led effort to abolish ...

Fans gather in Hialeah after the October death of Cuban reggaeton star El Taiger, whose real name is Jose Manuel Carvajal ...

One of his federal charges is eligible for the death penalty. A federal judge in New York on Tuesday appointed a death penalty expert to the defense team of Luigi Mangione, the man accused of ...

The Supreme Court of California met in Sacramento on Wednesday to hear oral arguments in the case of an arsonist sentenced to death.

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Last week, President Trump directed the U.S. attorney general to seek the death ...