Florida executed its oldest inmate on Thursday, continuing a sharp increase in executions under Gov. Ron DeSantis.

A 74-year-old man, who became the oldest individual to be executed in Florida since records were first kept in 1924, offered ...

As Indiana lawmakers prepare to revive debates over capital punishment methods, corrections officials have confirmed that the ...

Dusty Ray Spencer, 74, would become the oldest person put to death in Florida since the reinstatement of the death penalty in ...

Alabama is seeking to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going forward.

Gov. Mike DeWine supported Ohio's death penalty as a legislator and attorney general. Now he wants the practice to end.

Three men convicted of murder remain on Ohio's death row as state leaders debate the future of capital punishment.

The Justice Department on Friday said it will seek to impose the death penalty in more federal cases and will expand the way in which convicted inmates can be killed—including bringing back the firing ...

Here’s a look at the death penalty in the United States. Facts Capital punishment is legal in 27 US states. Four of those states have governor-imposed moratoriums. According to the Death Penalty ...