The Latest Breaking News from Death Penalty

Double murderer Carman Deck, 56, who killed elderly couple James and Zelma Long at the Missouri home in 1996 has been executed by lethal injection despite having had the decision overturned three times

Bobby Alvarez tellsThe Independent that the ‘fight still isn’t over’ to free his mother from death row

Couple believed that people could become ‘zombies’ if they were possessed by evil spirits

Death penalty opponents say Missouri officials will commit ‘scripted, premeditated ‘legal’ homicide’ of inmate Carman Deck

Singapore’s execution last Wednesday of a mentally disabled Malaysian man for drug smuggling sparked international protests and outrage. Executing a man who no longer threatens his government or community — especially one with a child’s mental capacity — isn’t justice. It’s murder, even if sanctioned and disguised by an irrational…

‘No one is suggesting that Carman Deck should get out of prison and go home tomorrow’

‘No one is suggesting that Carman Deck should get out of prison and go home tomorrow’

Lethal injections will remain paused through the end of the year

Jury selection in the trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz has been delayed by at least a week because his lead attorney is apparently ill

Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin, who have both lived in Ukraine for years, were caught by Russian soldiers in the disputed Donbas region

Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin charged with 'a number of crimes against civilians of the Donetsk People’s Republic'