The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a Memphis judge did not have the authority to give a man formerly on death row ...

The man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses -- two fatally -- is now in federal custody on murder ...

If two more executions proceed as planned before the end of June—one each in Florida and Mississippi—the same number of ...

Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed at their home early Saturday morning by a man disguised ...

A man found guilty of fatally stabbing a 15-year-old inside his Port Charlotte home will appear in court to receive his ...

Supreme Court nominee, Justice Sir Dennis Dominic Adjei, has urged the abolition of the mandatory death penalty in Ghana, ...

Vance Luther Boelter faces federal and state charges for killing Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband and injuring Sen. John ...

The suspected killer of a Minnesota lawmaker could face the death penalty, US prosecutors said Monday as they revealed ...

He wounded Sen. John Hoffman and his wife but didn’t come into contact with the two other DFL legislators, investigators say.

Also, the suspect in the Minnesota killings could face the death penalty. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

Dylann Roof killed nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., in a mass shooting.