The Senate Judiciary Committee approved HB49 which proposes the death penalty for child rape and sodomy under 12 ...

South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in the U.S. in nearly 15 years. (AP Video: Allen Breed/Cody Jackson) ...

Firing squads have a long and storied history in the U.S. They've served as a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way ...

Yuva Sena, the youth wing of the Shiv Sena UBT, on Thursday held a protest in Latur district of Maharashtra to demand capital punishment for the accused involved in sarpanch Santosh Deshmukhs murder.

Adel Ramos pleaded guilty to the 2019 murder of officer Tara O’Sullivan, but a jury deadlocked last year on whether he should ...

The argument about potential sentencing measures comes as Judge Steven Hippler warns defense attorneys and prosecutors on the ...

Bryan Kohberger's autism diagnosis should take the death penalty off the table if he is convicted of the Idaho student ...

In his first address to Congress since returning to power, President Donald Trump is calling on lawmakers to expand the ...

Efforts to end the death penalty in Ohio have gained more support from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in recent years. But it hasn’t been enough to get any bill across the finish line.

A South Carolina inmate is set to die by firing squad Friday, a rare execution method in the United States that experts say more places may turn to.

By Kate Jacobson Click here for updates on this story BOISE, Idaho (KIVI) -- A bill that revises the methods of capital punishment ...

Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week.