Edward Zakrzewski, a man convicted of killing his family with a machete in 1994, was sentenced to death in Florida on ...

Alabama lawmakers are preparing to reintroduce a bill that would make the rape or sodomy of a child a capital offense, ...

Florida has carried out one-third of the 27 executions so far this year. With 10 more state killings planned, the US is on ...

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After more than three decades, Byron Black, 69, is set to be executed for the Nashville triple murder of Angela Clay and her two daughters.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. ( WBRC) - Two lawmakers in Alabama continue to push for the death penalty in certain sex crimes against children. Senator April Weaver and Representative Matt Simpson say the horrific ...

A former US Air Force sergeant who killed his wife and two young children was executed by lethal injection in the southern ...

Fresh from a trip to the White House, state Rep. Matt Simpson on Thursday renewed his charge to expand use of the death penalty.

Edward Zakrzewski, a former Eglin Air Force airman, was sentenced to death for killing his wife and two children in 1994.

BRAZOS COUNTY, Texas (KBTX) - Larry Bollin had his final hearing on Thursday, regarding the mass shooting he carried out at ...

STARKE, Fla. -- Florida carries out record 9th execution this year, putting to death a man convicted of killing his family.