Columnist Steve Bailey writes that if Gov. Henry McMaster believes Freddie Owens' execution is “justice,” then he should have ...

If this week’s remaining executions are completed, the United States will have reached 1,600 executions since the death ...

When we kill the guilty, we become needlessly cruel. When we kill the conceivably innocent, we become a mockery of ourselves ...

A six-day spate of executions in the U.S. began Friday with the South Carolina execution of Freddie Owens amid doubts over ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Death row inmates in five states are scheduled to be put to death in the span of one week, an unusually ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...

The Supreme Court is generally unified in its ruling on death penalty cases, but Marcellus Williams' case sparked differing ...

A Texas man who waived his right to appeal his death sentence has been executed for killing his 3-month-old son more than 16 ...

State Rep. Jason Lowe, D-Oklahoma City, held a press conference Wednesday, asking Gov. Kevin Stitt to spare the life of ...

A series of executions in the U.S. continued Tuesday, when two men were given lethal injections within an hour of each other.

HUNTSVILLE — A Texas man who had waived his right to appeal his death sentence was put to death Tuesday evening for killing ...