Alabama has scheduled an October execution using nitrogen gas. Gov. Kay Ivey set an Oct. 23 execution date for 53-year-old Anthony Boyd.

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He previously penned a letter to the Arkansas State Supreme Court in 2020 saying he’d accept any means of execution, ...

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Opponents of capital punishment on Friday called on Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to reverse Arkansas' decision to allow ...

Several activists opposed to the death penalty gathered at the chapel inside Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church on Friday morning to show reporters what it feels like to wear the mask commonly ...

Nearly a year since a Kentucky judge was gunned down in his chambers, the issue of whether bond is justified for the ex-sheriff charged in the slaying remains unsettled as he awaits trial.

From 'show cause' penalties to recruiting, here's what to know about Michigan's punishment for sign-stealing scandal.

Andrew James McGann, a teacher accused of killing a couple who were hiking with two of their daughters at Devil's Den State ...

A Minnesota man accused of killing a top Democratic state lawmaker and wounding another while pretending to be a police ...

An Arkansas teacher has pleaded not guilty to fatally stabbing a married couple who were hiking with two of their children at the time of the incident last month.

Attorneys for the white supremacist gunman who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket told a judge Thursday that the ...