Rep. Matt Simpson (R-District 96) has prefiled house bill 20, which calls for an expansion of possible capital punishment ...

Rep. Matt Simpson says part of the reason behind the bill was a deadly shooting at the Saenger Theatre in June during a ...

Rethinking the death penalty dilemma in Nigeria By Judiciary Reporters (NAN) With hundreds of inmates languishing on death ...

Kevin Hines, a contractor maintaining postal machines, was killed during his first shift at a Missouri City USPS facility.

Two men accused of homicide in Pennsylvania are asking the state Supreme Court to limit a prosecutor's use of the death ...

Speculation around Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s political future continues to grow with recent high-profile features.

Amid state plans to execute convicted killer Ralph Menzies, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said, "There are probably circumstances" ...

INDIANA – Indiana is set to execute Roy Lee Ward on October 10th for the 2001 rape and murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne.

When capital punishment was more common, it was easy to claim that people are executed because they are criminals. But now that fewer criminals receive the death penalty, that's no longer the case ...

A team of defense attorneys on Tuesday asked the state Supreme Court to restrict Washington County District Attorney Jason ...

Arkansas prosecutors will be able to seek the death penalty in some rape cases involving children when a new statute goes ...