Rejon Taylor told Newsweek that he had received notice he would be transferred to ADX Florence, a "supermax" facility known ...

Of the many executive orders President Donald Trump issued, one reinstates federal capital punishment. The order, “Restoring ...

President Donald Trump wants to “restore the death penalty” through an executive order he signed earlier this week. “The ...

The Calcutta High Court has reserved its order on two appeals challenging the sentence of Sanjay Roy, convicted for the rape ...

Death penalty opponents fear President Donald Trump is poised to start an "execution spree" after returning to the White ...

The West Bengal government and CBI have both appealed for capital punishment for Sanjay Roy, convicted in the RG Kar rape-murder case. The victim’s parents, however, prefer the trial of other accused ...

A new bill would make the firing squad Idaho's primary means of execution, after the state recently restored it as a backup ...

Oklahoma AG Drummond has requested the transfer of inmate George John Hanson from federal to state custody for execution, ...

Sometimes referred to as the “Alcatraz of the Rockies,” the officially named U.S. Penitentiary Florence Administrative ...

The order directs the U.S. attorney general to actively pursue the death penalty in federal cases, particularly for murders ...

Reform MPs have called for a debate on bringing back the death penalty after the Southport killer's sentencing.

Amid the raging debate over a Kolkata court sentencing R G Kar hospital rape-murder convict Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment till death, legal luminaries are unequivocal in their stand against awarding ...