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

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

A man who shot and killed an off-duty police officer in South Carolina is scheduled to become the fifth person executed in ...

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

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

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

Mikal Mahdi burned the body of Orangeburg County Deputy James Edward Myers after shooting him 9 times. The death row inmate ...

A bill advancing in the Senate would reinstate the death penalty in West Virginia for individuals who are sentenced for ...

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

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

Members of the state Senate Judiciary Committee signed off on a bill Thursday to bring back the death penalty for anyone convicted of murdering a law enforcement officer or first responder. The Senate ...