State Sen. Terrell McKinney of Omaha has a bill which would abolish the death penalty in Nebraska and replace it with life in ...

Marion Bowman Jr., a 44-year-old inmate, is scheduled to be executed Friday night, marking the first execution in South ...

Roberto Silva Jr., who pleaded guilty to murder charges for the Bellevue Sonic shooting, is expected back in court Monday.

South Carolina put a third inmate to death in four months Friday as it goes through a backlog of prisoners who exhausted ...

Despite calling for the death penalty for drug dealers, president Donald Trump pardoned Ross "Dread Pirate Roberts" Ulbricht, who once ran Silk Road, which facilitated the sale of over $200 million in ...

People convicted of homicides represented about 56% of the population serving life without parole as of 2024, data shows. But ...

A South Carolina death row inmate was executed on Friday, marking the third time in four months the state has carried out the death penalty.

South Carolina put a third inmate to death in four months Friday as it goes through a backlog of prisoners who exhausted their appeals while the state couldn't find lethal injection drugs.

While some advocates praise the commutations as a step toward ending capital punishment, others are outraged.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster denied clemency for the man set to be executed Friday night for a 2001 Dorchester County murder.

Nelson tells “Banfield” he was merely a lookout for two accomplices during a robbery that spiraled out of control.

Policy Fellow at ACLU of Nebraska Jason Witmer spoke in favor of the constitutional amendment. "There's no value in the death ...