The law provides that if the state’s current method, lethal injection, is found to be unconstitutional or is unable to be ...

North Carolina Republican legislators have introduced criminal justice measures to toughen bail rules and evaluate offenders ...

If Christa Pike's execution is carried out, she would become the first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years and the 19th ...

New legislation could see Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska's killer put to death via unconventional means. Decarlos Brown Jr ...

A Republican-drafted crime bill introduced in response to the fatal stabbing on Charlotte’s light rail last month appeared to have bipartisan support on Monday until an amendment seeking to resume ...

Capital punishment has existed in NC since colonial times. Only lethal injection remains legal, but Iryna's law could expand ...

Alabama plans to carry out its fourth execution of 2025 Thursday evening, putting Geoffrey Todd West to death by nitrogen gas ...

Texas executed Blaine Milam, 35, by lethal injection for the 2008 death of his girlfriend's baby daughter. Minutes later, ...

Democratic Gov. Josh Stein signed into law on Friday a wide-ranging crime bill that GOP lawmakers put together after the fatal stabbing on board a light rail train in Charlotte in August.

The wide-ranging bill would open the door to restarting executions in North Carolina after ongoing legal challenges are resolved.

The United States executed two death row inmates on Thursday evening -- one in Alabama and the other in Texas -- during a ...

North Carolina Republican legislators have introduced criminal justice measures to toughen bail rules and evaluate offenders for mental health issues RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina Republican ...