MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The House passed a bill Tuesday to make the rape, sodomy or sexual torture of children younger than 12 a capital crime puni…
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An Alabama House committee Wednesday approved two bills that would expand the list of criminal offenses eligible for the death penalty.
Stephen Stanko, 57, convicted of a 2005 double murder, was executed by lethal injection in South Carolina
A South Carolina man convicted of a 2005 double murder was put to death by lethal injection on Friday, the fourth execution in the United Stat…
John Hanson, 61, was executed by lethal injection in Oklahoma for a 1999 double murder
A 61-year-old man convicted of a 1999 double murder was executed on Thursday in Oklahoma, the third inmate put to death in the United States t…
A man convicted of the 2004 murder of an off-duty police officer is to be put to death by firing squad Friday in South Carolina, the second su…
A Death Row inmate in Louisiana has appealed to the US Supreme Court to halt his execution by nitrogen gas on the grounds he would not be able…
A 46-year-old man convicted of rape and murder is to be put to death by nitrogen gas in the southern state of Louisiana on Tuesday, the first …
Convicted murderer Brad Sigmon, 67, was put to death by firing squad in South Carolina in the first such execution in the United States since 2010