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

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 ...

Forty-four death row inmates across the U.S. have been executed this year, reaching a level not seen in more than a decade.

Bryant is being executed for killing Willard “TJ” Tietjen in his home in October 2004. Investigators said Bryant burned Tietjen’s eyes with cigarettes after shooting him and painted “catch me if u can ...

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 ...

South Carolina’s attorney general is pressuring a local prosecutor to seek the death penalty against the man accused of murdering 22-year-old college student Logan Hailey Federico. Attorney General ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — While Ohio has joined a few other states in pausing executions, the number of people put to death nationwide ...

The U.S. has seen 35 executions this year, already surpassing the number of executions carried out last year and could be the ...

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 ...