Two men could get death sentences if convicted of murder over the fatal shooting of a government witness. The trial has been pushed back to 2027.

Oklahoma’s use of the death penalty is responsible for bringing the system’s many shortcomings to light, such as the possibility of executing an innocent person. The case of Richard Glossip ...

For the last decade or so, those opposed to capital punishment have been repeating the same mantra as a way to mark the progress of their campaign to end state killing in this country: The number of ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (Reuters) -- Convicted murderer Wanda Jean Allen, the first black woman due to be executed in the United States since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, lost a ...

On Sept. 10, 1990, Oklahomawent back into the business of executing criminals.

Oklahoma prosecutors say they will pursue a murder charge, but not the death penalty, against longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip for his role in the 1997 killing of his former boss. The ...

Twenty-seven men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S. Nine other people are scheduled to be put ...

Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for a man charged with killing two people at Devil's Den State Park over the ...

The fight to spare Glossip’s life – which has drawn national attention – has been largely helmed by pro-death penalty Republicans, most notably Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond: He ...

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said his office will not seek the death penalty again in the case, but he does not plan to dismiss the existing first-degree murder charge against him.

Washington County prosecutor Brandon Carter indicated the state would give a jury the option to sentence James McGann to the ...