Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a staunch supporter of capital punishment, has commuted the sentence of a death row inmate to life in ...

For Marshall, restraint is weakness. His rage over Ivey’s decision reveals a man who sees capital punishment not as a last ...

Defendants attorneys lodged three motions to bar the death penalty from being imposed. A judge rejected their arguments in ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — For most people in Florida, misdemeanor theft can result in up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. For an immigrant illegally in Florida, that same crime now carries a felony ...

The death penalty has long been a controversial and divisive issue, with passionate advocates on both sides of the debate.

Defendants seeking relief from capital punishment typically don’t win at the high court, but Richard Glossip’s case was a ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that condemned Oklahoma death row prisoner Richard Glossip be given a new trial.

He died Saturday, just over three weeks before he was scheduled to be put to death for his young stepson’s murder in what ...

Ramos pleaded guilty to killing Sacramento police rookie Tara O’Sullivan, but a prior jury deadlocked on whether he should be put to death.