Stacey Humphreys would be the first person executed in Georgia in more than two years.

The execution will take place Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson.

While 68% see the death penalty as morally justified for those committing murder, 59% say it doesn't deter serious crimes – and there are wide partisan gaps on both questions.

(RNS) — Faith-based anti-death penalty activists have used the bell-tolling tactic throughout the country in various waves.

The jury has unanimously recommended the death penalty for Jeffrey Crum in the decades-old kidnapping, sexual battery and ...

William Frances Silvia, 61, was sentenced to death after being convicted of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree ...

Montgomery, Ala. — A federal judge ruled on Thursday that execution by nitrogen gas doesn't violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, rejecting an Alabama inmate's claim that it ...