Although increased litigation costs are the largest reasons for the expense of the death penalty, they are not alone. | ...

Prosecutors will not be seeking the death penalty against a mother, son and caregiver accused of deliberately torturing a ...

“In past discussions on the death penalty, supporters and opponents clashed with each other,” Makoto Ida, a professor of ...

A judge entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf. Prosecutors have said they will pursue the death penalty when the trial ...

A Southern California man who owed a couple $80,000 is accused of killing them and setting their bodies on fire in a vicious ...

A caregiver charged with murder in connection with the death of a 4-year-old Cyril girl has turned down a plea deal and will ...

A Caddo County woman, Alysia Adams, declined to plead guilty Wednesday to the murder of four-year-old Athena Brownfield.

Some of Britain's most notorious cases have been tried at London's Old Bailey, including those attracting the death penalty ...

On Wednesday, Alysia Adams, charged with the death of 4-year-old Athena Brownfield, backed out of the blind plea and will now ...

Regarding calls for a fundamental review of the death penalty, the Japanese government has said abolition is not ...

Karen Conti, Chicago trial attorney, joins Bob Sirott to discuss what could happen next concerning President-elect Donald ...