State prosecutors began the process for setting a schedule in the man’s trial where the state is seeking a death sentence.

Fifty years ago, Americans set out on a polarizing mission: to find a just and fair way to punish the worst of the worst crimes by execution. In some ways, this was a surprising choice. In 1972, a ...

The February death by lethal injection of convicted killer Ronald Heath, 64, came amid a surge in executions pushed forwards ...

A few weeks before publicly calling for Ohio to abolish the death penalty, Gov. Mike DeWine quietly commuted a death sentence ...

The Kansas death chamber is a small room with one-way windows so witnesses and the executioner can see in but the inmate can't see out.

Here’s a look at the death penalty in the United States. Facts Capital punishment is legal in 27 US states. Four of those states have governor-imposed moratoriums. According to the Death Penalty ...

DeWine's call to end Ohio's death penalty highlights a growing divide as states abolish, pause or continue executions.

A condemned Houston man with a history of mental health issues during his nearly half-century stint on death row will not face a new trial after a Texas court vacated his death sentence, according to ...

Gov. Mike DeWine supported Ohio's death penalty as a legislator and attorney general. Now he wants the practice to end.

Brandon Council, already convicted on federal murder charges in the deaths of Donna Major and Katie Skeen during the Crescom ...