A South Carolina death row inmate was executed on Friday, marking the third time in four months the state has carried out the death penalty.

Nelson tells “Banfield” he was merely a lookout for two accomplices during a robbery that spiraled out of control.

Nebraskans Against the Death Penalty and other organizations presented testimony at a public hearing at the State Capitol and submitted a constitutional amendment to the voters to ban capital ...

Policy Fellow at ACLU of Nebraska Jason Witmer spoke in favor of the constitutional amendment. "There's no value in the death ...

Chief District Judge Emily C. Marks rejected Demetrius Frazier’s request for a preliminary injunction to either stop his ...

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster denied clemency for the man set to be executed Friday night for a 2001 Dorchester County murder.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina put a third inmate to death in four months Friday as the state goes through a backlog of prisoners who exhausted their appeals while the state couldn’t find lethal ...

Lawmakers held a hearing for two different pieces of legislation that would change the death penalty. LR15CA is a constitutional amendment that would get rid of the death penalty. LB432 is a bill that ...

An anti-death penalty group is holding a vigil for a Lowcountry man who is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection at 6 p.m. on Jan. 31.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster denied clemency for the man set to be executed Friday night for a 2001 Dorchester County murder.