Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) led the panel of lawmakers -- mostly from the Congressional Black Caucus -- to ...

President-elect Donald Trump says he'll “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the ...

President Joe Biden signed into law legislation sent to him by Congress that amends the United States Code to correct what ...

He left intact the death sentences of the men convicted of "terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder" in the 2015 Charleston ...

Marvin Gabrion, 71, had been awaiting his execution for the 1997 murder of Rachel Timmerman, 19, before his sentence was commuted to life without the possibility of parole.

A 23-year-old Bremerton man was arrested Monday night on suspicion of vehicular assault and reckless driving after a ...

Biden offered mercy to 37 of the 40 murderers on death row — some of whom abducted and sexually assaulted their victims ...

Eleven death penalty cases were pending in Oklahoma County District Court when the new district attorney took office. Where ...

President Biden is granting clemency to 37 of the 40 federal inmates facing death sentences, commuting their sentences to ...

That charge, which was filed as a summary offense -- the least serious type -- was withdrawn, and the case's status is marked ...