Lawmakers in one state just passed a bill seeking to authorize firing squads.

Attorneys for a mentally ill Texas death row prisoner, along with faith leaders and mental health professionals are working to stop his April 5 execution, saying he'll never be sufficiently competent to be put to death

Amber McLaughlin is believed to be the first trans person to be executed in the U.S. and the first person executed in 2023, according to Death Penalty Information Center.

Nearly 1,600 death row inmates have been put to death in the U.S. since 1977, but an execution scheduled in Missouri will be the first involving a transgender woman

An annual report on capital punishment says public support and use of the death penalty continued a more than two-decade decline in the U.S. in 2022

Leadership from the House and Senate awarded the Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department with Congress' highest honor.

Attorneys say Alabama inmate was "subjected to ever-escalating levels of pain."

Attorneys for a Black man say he might not be facing execution if he were white.

Alabama Gov. Ivey orders a “top-to-bottom” review of capital punishment system.

Oklahoma has executed a man for the torture killing of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son in 1993

Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to receive a lethal injection.

Richard Stephen Fairchild is set to receive a lethal injection.

Texas has executed an inmate for killing his mother and burying her body in her backyard nearly 20 years ago

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles will review Melissa Lucio's death sentence and make a recommendation to Gov. Greg Abbott. Her execution is set for April 27.

Melissa Lucio was convicted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter in 2008. Her case has gained national attention as her family and legal team fought for clemency.

Melissa Lucio was convicted of capital murder in 2008 in the death of her 2-year-old daughter. Advocates say the case was mismanaged and that crucial parts of evidence were never presented.

Melissa Lucio was found guilty of capital murder in the death of her two year old daughter in 2007. She has been in death row for the past 15 years.

John Ramirez is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow his Baptist pastor inside a Texas death chamber to pray aloud and lay a hand on his body as he's executed.

Legislators in Wyoming have introduced a bill to end he state's use of capital punishment.

The U.S. Department of Justice has scheduled the first federal execution of a woman in nearly seven decades.