The Latest Breaking News from Death Penalty

Patrick Crusius pleaded guilty and was sentenced Friday in federal court. He still faces state charges, and the local district attorney says he intends to seek the death penalty.

‘Patrick’s thinking is at odds with reality … resulting in delusional thinking,’ defence attorney says of 24-year-old gunman

Maryland Board of Public Works approves compensation for John Huffington

Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against a man charged with kidnapping a Memphis, Tennessee, school teacher during an early-morning run and killing her

Overlooked in the churn of one of the country’s busiest courthouses, the forgotten appeals included two death penalty cases, and one from a man who’s already finished his 20-year sentence.

Prosecutors say shooter showed meticulous planning

A judge has shut a courtroom from the public and reporters as he heard pretrial motions in the death penalty case of a South Carolina man charged with killing two police officers in a 2018 ambush

Yusef Salaam was one of five defendants found guilty in the 1989 Central Park rape case that had the likes of Donald Trump calling for the death penalty. Years after being exonerated for the heinous crime, Salaam will likely become the next councilman for a New York City neighborhood

A recent change in Idaho state law now means he could face the firing squad if convicted of the Idaho college murders

Josh Cavallo is the world's only openly gay man playing top-flight football and the Adelaide United star has now taken aim at Uganda for its Anti-Homosexuality Act

Accused killer appeared in court on Tuesday as his death penalty case heads to trial