What Florida has done is turn decades of precedent in death penalty jurisprudence on its head. In that jurisprudence, people ...

This article was updated Tuesday, Aug. 5, following the hearing. COLUMBIA — An inmate on South Carolina’s death row for 26 ...

On August 6, 135 years will have passed since the first execution by electric chair in the United States. The method was ...

Rep. Nancy Mace strangely promised the death penalty for people who use the 'wrong' bathroom if elected Governor of South Carolina. Mace announced her campaign for Governor yesterday.

I break down shocking new legislation in South Carolina that would impose the death penalty on women who seek abortions, even with no exceptions for rape, incest, or fetal anomalies. I highlight key ...

Enacting laws that recognize the reality of permanent incompetency will not fling open the doors of death rows around the ...

Ralph Menzies' execution by firing squad is set for next month. This will be the first death by firing squad since 2010.

A man convicted of the 1994 killings of his wife and their two children became the ninth person put to death in Florida this ...

Despite death penalty proponents arguing its deterrent effect on crime, states with the death penalty consistently report higher murder rates than those without.

Gov. Bill Lee declined to grant a reprieve Monday amid uncertainty about whether the implantable defibrillator will shock ...