A coalition of California and national civil rights leaders called on Governor Gavin Newsom to commute the death sentences of ...

The convicted murderer, a Vietnam War veteran, was sentenced to death in 1976 for kidnapping and murdering the wife of a bank ...

California's death penalty system has been shown to be racially discriminatory, with Black and Latino defendants up to 8.7 ...

Adel Ramos was given a death penalty sentence for the killing of Sacramento police officer Tara O'Sullivan​ in June 2019, the ...

Idaho quadruple murder suspect Bryan Kohberger might avoid the death penalty if convicted because of leaked evidence, a former prosecutor suggested. Kohberger is accused of killing Madison Mogen ...

The Rev. Jeff Hood, a witness to 11 executions, plans to travel to Parchman to pray outside if Richard Jordan’s is executed ...

A judge ruled that he has the authority to weigh an injunction over California's claim that President Donald Trump's ...

Charles Reynolds was the first person in Texas ... court can review her claims that new evidence in her case would ... U.S. military use the death penalty. Three states — California, ...

Death penalty cases are increasingly rare in the Bay Area, especially after Gov. Gavin Newsom implemented a moratorium on executions in 2019 and moved to dismantle San Quentin prison’s death row.

Prosecutors in the Lil Durk murder-for-hire case will not be seeking the death penalty.. Death Penalty Off the Table in Lil Durk Case. As Lil Durk's trial looms, more motions continued to be filed ...

Patricia Krenwinkel, a one-time follower of cult leader Charles Manson, was recommended for parole on Friday, May 30. The ...

His case made it to the U.S. Supreme Court. Scott Panetti had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, paranoid delusions, ... All states but California can keep someone on death row.