A staggering racial disparity occurs when cases get to the sentencing phase. If you are Black in this country, you have a higher chance of being sentenced to death. To put a fine point on it, Black ...

Authorities have extended plea deals to the twisted pair who killed a 35-year-old Louisiana mom and kidnapped her two young daughters — before raping one and killing the other, according to reports.

To respond to the recent commentary on the death penalty, "Pope misses the mark on the death penalty" by Christine Flowers, the writer fails to take into account all the cases in which the court, ...

The U.S. Department of Justice wants to end the life of a 39-year-old accused of killing an elderly man outside a Santa Fe electronics store and stealing his vehicle last year. Prosecutors on ...

SANTA FE, N.M.(AP) — A judge in New Mexico has halted a federal death penalty case, citing the pinch of the U.S. government shutdown and a funding shortfall for specialized public defenders that ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — The man accused of shooting an 83-year-old man at a Best Buy in Santa Fe and stealing his car is now facing the death penalty. Zachary Babitz is accused of killing Gordon Wilson in ...