A death row inmate in Louisiana scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked ...

Legislation recently proposed by freshman U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-8, Dallas Twp., seeks to restore a sense of balance by ...

Brad Sigmon, a convicted murderer, was executed by firing squad in South Carolina, and used his last words to call for the ...

Former Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter got it right almost 70 years ago: “A shocking crime puts law to its severest ...

A prayer vigil was held by South Carolinians for an Alternative to the Death Penalty in light of Brad Sigmon’s execution in ...

A recently unsealed defense motion in the capital murder case against Bryan Kohberger offers the most detailed picture of the ...

South Carolina’s execution law says prisoners will be killed by electrocution unless they choose the firing squad or lethal injection.

South Carolina plans to execute Brad Sigmon by firing squad, a method last used in America 15 years ago. Sigmon was convicted ...

Brad Sigmon was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents in 2001. He chose the firing squad over the electric chair and lethal injection.

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved HB49 which proposes the death penalty for child rape and sodomy under 12.

By Dannel Malloy As a former prosecutor, mayor, governor of Connecticut and a member of the International Commission Against the Death Penalty, I have spent much of my career in and around the ...

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced the introduction of capital punishment for religious conversions of girls ...