Kay Ivey this week was one execution away from setting a record among Alabama governors in the modern era of the death penalty. But instead she chose to spare a man’s life, setting an entirely ...

Tennessee has executed a serial rapist, dubbed the "red-headed stranger," for the brutal murder of a promising young college student attacked in her bed. Jeff Monroe, Pulley's brother-in-law, said ...

An Idaho representative seeks to shield execution team members, and grant greater power to the state prison director over ...

The Republican governor commuted the death sentence of 75-year-old Charles Lee “Sonny” Burton. Burton had been set for execution on Thursday, March 12.

Death penalty illustration by Kagenmi via iStock for WMNF News. Ronald Heath was executed yesterday. Heath’s death warrant was signed on Jan. 9 by Gov. Ron DeSantis. He then filed an appeal with the ...