The state will not pursue the death penalty for a man convicted of killing two people at a bowling alley in northeast ...

Those executed included Thomas Gudinas, whose mental illness was shaped by his abusive upbringing and neglect, and Richard Jordan, who suffered from PTSD after three combat tours in Vietnam.

The execution was carried out as calls grow to abolish capital punishment or increase transparency in Japan after the acquittal of the world’s longest-serving death row inmate last year.

Former President Joe Biden joined thousands of mourners Friday as former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman lay in state ...

Japan executed a man yesterday who killed nine people after contacting them on social media, the first use of capital punishment in the country in nea ...