Idaho lawmakers have introduced a bill to make a firing squad the primary method of execution in the state. Under Idaho law, ...

Montana lawmakers are considering a bill intended to allow the state to again administer the death penalty for the third ...

Iranian officials say a man fatally shot two prominent hard-line judges in Tehran, both of whom allegedly took part in the ...

The Justice Department is rescinding its protocol for federal executions that allowed for single-drug lethal injections with ...

On his first day in office, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at assisting states in carrying out capital punishment. The order empowers the Attorney General to ensure the availability ...

The Department of Justice will seek the death penalty for capital crimes "committed by an alien illegally present in this ...

Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a ...

Israeli army continues military offensive in Jenin since Tuesday, killing at least 12 people, injuring 40 others - Anadolu Ajansı ...

As state leaders continue to take steps towards carrying out their first execution in years, President Donald Trump is taking action regarding capital punishment in his first days in office.

Attorney General Merrick Garland's order to withdraw the lethal injection policy comes days before President-elect Donald Trump, who is expected to restart federal executions, is set to return to ...

However, Razini's involvement in the 1988 executions had likely made him a target in the past, including an assassination attempt in 1999. Their killings, a rare attack targeting the judiciary ...