Jeffery James Lee was convicted of killing two people while robbing a pawn shop in 1998 - his lawyers have attempted to stall ...

Alabama has set a June execution by nitrogen gas for a man convicted of killing two people during a 1998 robbery of a pawn shop ...

In the last 50 years, the United States has put more than 1,600 people to death. Only 18 of them have been women.

On Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, new death penalty law exacerbates a painful reality for those with imprisoned loved ones.

The murder that Christa Pike was convicted of demonstrated a brutality and callousness not often seen in women, let alone one so young.

The U.S. Supreme Court may reinterpret what is considered a "cruel and unusual punishment." If they do, Albany might become a key research center for setting new guidelines.

Executions in the US are becoming increasingly cruel, with states adopting new methods such as nitrogen hypoxia and lethal ...

Expansion in the NERD Method is directional: deepening knowledge where it compounds, strengthening connections that multiply ...

States put to death 47 people last year, double the recent norm. What’s behind the rise?