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It is the first death sentence given for an acid attack under stringent laws introduced by the government to curb crimes against women following fatal gang rape of a young woman in 2012
Relatives and colleagues of Sisters Margaret Held and Paula Merrill have publicly expressed their opposition to execution
The handling of Jeffrey Wood's case has drawn unusual condemnation, including from Republicans who support capital punishment
Austin Harrouff is accused in an apparently random, possibly synthetic drug-fueled fatal attack on a Florida couple
Lonnie Franklin Jr. was sentenced Wednesday for murdering a teenage girl and nine women in a poor section of the city between 1985 and 2007
The suspect was charged with murder and attempted murder in the shootings of two cops; he may face the death penalty
It's possible the ruling could be applied to the 13 men currently waiting out their days on Delaware's death row
Joshua Komisarjevsky and Steven Hayes were initially sentenced to death for killing Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters, after beating her husband
The spree of assaults has left San Diego residents, particularly those who live on the streets, shaken and on edge
President Erdogan says he escaped death with minutes to spare, and responds to calls for return of death penalty for conspirators
Georgia executes its sixth inmate this year, the most in any year in the state since the death penalty was reinstated four decades ago
An execution of a man in Arizona with a new cocktail of drugs was supposed to take about 10 minutes. It took almost two hours, the longest execution in U.S. history
A number of proposals would legalize recreational marijuana, impose tougher gun restrictions, raise the minimum wage and more
Steven Hayes is one of two men sentenced to death for the slayings of a Connecticut mother and her two daughters during a 2007 home invasion
Serial killer Lonnie Franklin Jr. was convicted nearly a month ago for the murders of nine women and a teenage girl
Report says top lawyer for Oklahoma governor urged prison officials to go forward with execution, even though they had the wrong drug
Human rights groups says 25 FDA-approved drugmakers have now restricted their products from being used in executions
Gov. Asa Hutchinson set dates last year for Arkansas' first executions since 2005, but now state finds itself in race against the clock
Earl Forrest, 66, was executed for the 2002 deaths of Harriett Smith, Michael Wells and Dent County Sheriff's Deputy Joann Barnes
The lives of nearly 400 condemned prisoners may depend on decision after Florida's death sentencing system ruled unconstitutional
Jurors reached the verdict after the two-month trial of a Los Angeles man charged in serial killings that targeted vulnerable young black women over two decades
Kenneth Fults pleaded guilty to killing 19-year-old neighbor Cathy Bounds in January 1996; his lawyers argued juror was racially biased
Pablo Vasquez claimed voices told him to drink 12-year-old boy's blood after he beat the victim and slit his throat
Amnesty International reports dramatic increase in overall executions, gives specifics on most death penalty-prone nations
Supreme Court has been asked to block scheduled execution of Pablo Lucio Vasquez for the slaying of 12-year-old David Cardenas
