South Carolina's execution of Stephen Bryant has reignited debate over the use of the firing squad, which is authorized in ...

Fewer Americans support capital punishment. Fewer courts are handing out death sentences. And we’ve got way more executions ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A local prosecutor in South Carolina said Tuesday he will seek the death penalty against a man whose federal death sentence for killing two bank employees in a robbery was ...

Texas' execution numbers remain far lower than recent state highs, even as executions nationally climbed, driven almost ...

South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause because prison officials couldn’t get the drugs needed for lethal injections ...

SC federal officials mull whether to seek the death penalty against Columbia rapper Zachary Chapman, alleged chief of a ...

Blacc Zacc could reportedly face the death penalty after being charged with a murder-for-hire plot and RICO conspiracy. On ...

This undated image provided by the Horry County Jail shows Brandon Council. (Horry County Jail via AP) (Uncredited, Horry County Jail) COLUMBIA, S.C. – A local prosecutor in South Carolina said ...