Kolkata: In a big development in the Abhaya rape and murder case, the CBI has sought the death penalty for the prime accused, Sanjoy Roy. The move comes as the investigation into the brutal rape and ...

"Something is rotten in Denmark," the state wrote in a Dec. 20 motion. The judge is accused of having improper communication ...

"Something is rotten in Denmark," the state wrote in a Dec. 20 motion. The judge is accused of having improper communication with a defense attorney in a death penalty case.

Lawyers for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed are urging a federal appeals panel to let his scheduled guilty ...

A death row inmate from Branchville is scheduled to be executed on Jan. 31, according to an order issued Friday by the South ...

There are a lot of reasons that the death penalty is almost never imposed anymore. As a growing cadre of experts has ...

Court battles and dealmaking are deciding the future of many of those last men at the U.S. naval base in Cuba, including ...

A federal trial date is set for the man accused of killing a woman and kidnapping her daughters in the deadly Amber Alert ...

For the past several weeks, a major challenge to Kansas’ death penalty has been underway in a Wyandotte County murder case.

Shannon Wayne Agofsky and Len Davis both filed emergency petitions prevent their death sentences from being commuted to life ...