Jury rejects death penalty for man guilty in Hillsborough double murder

Ramey pleaded guilty to her role in the crime and became a key witness for the state. She testified that Lyons admitted to ...

U.S. executions highest in 15 years despite low support for death penalty

The United States had the highest number of executions in about 15 years this year due to an increase in Florida, report ...

SCOTUS to hear MS death row inmate's appeal on racial bias in jury selection

The Supreme Court will hear the appeal of a Mississippi death row inmate whose case involved a prosecutor with a history of ...

Indiana Senate bill would allow firing squad for death penalty

A bill allowing for firing squad executions for death penalty inmates was filed in the Indiana legislature for the 2026 ...

Supreme Court will hear appeal of Black death row inmate over racial bias in Mississippi jury makeup

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a Black death row inmate from Mississippi whose case was handled by a ...

Gov. Mike DeWine can end Ohio’s death row limbo with one act of clemency: Leila Atassi

Ohio’s stalled death penalty exposes the false promise of finality and the irreversible danger of wrongful executions, making ...

Death Row

Wednesday's scheduled execution of a Cobb death row inmate has been suspended as the State Board of Pardons and Paroles ...

Nick Reiner charged with parents' murders; death penalty possible

Nick Reiner, son of slain director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, was charged with murder in his parents' ...

Georgia parole board suspends scheduled execution of Cobb County death row prisoner

Wednesday's scheduled execution of a Cobb death row inmate has been suspended as the State Board of Pardons and Paroles ...

Supreme Court to hear death row inmate’s challenge of racial bias in jury selection

The Supreme Court will hear a death row inmate's racial bias challenge in jury selection, but will not hear a case on federal ...

As Nick Reiner Faces Possible Death Penalty, When Was California’s Last Execution?

Reiner has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his parents, a case that could carry the ...

How California’s death penalty moratorium could affect Nick Reiner’s case

But Reiner, 32, could also face the death penalty because of “special circumstance” charges the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed against him. Special circ ...