As South Carolina prepares to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, here are the ways each state conducts capital punishment.

The West Virginia Legislature is moving a bill that would bring the death penalty back to the state, more than 65 years since ...

Supreme Court Justices Powell, Blackmun, and Stevens allowed the death penalty to return. Then they disavowed it.

With little debate, a Senate committee gave the first stamp of approval to bringing back the death penalty. It could cost ...

The total estimated cost is $26.4 million for housing inmates on death row, constructing an execution chamber, training staff ...

West Virginia senators passed bills, offered amendments and introduced legislation on what turned out to be a busy Friday.

A death row inmate in Louisiana scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked ...

The West Virginia Legislature is again considering proposals to restore the death penalty. This time it is aimed at people ...

Members of the state Senate Judiciary Committee signed off on a bill Thursday to bring back the death penalty for anyone ...