Christa Gail Pike, 49, will become the first woman put to death in Tennessee in more than 200 years if her execution proceeds ...

Christa Pike, who was convicted in 1995 for the torture and murder of Colleen Slemmer, has been given an execution date. She ...

Alabama plans to carry out its fourth execution of 2025 Thursday evening, putting Geoffrey Todd West to death by nitrogen gas ...

If Christa Pike's execution is carried out, she would become the first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years and the 19th ...

Until the past 18 months, death row inmates in the United States were executed with mostly one method in modern history: lethal injection. It's a unique situation globally. While many nations are ...

Democratic Gov. Josh Stein signed into law on Friday a wide-ranging crime bill that GOP lawmakers put together after the fatal stabbing on board a light rail train in ...

INDIANAPOLIS — In October, Indiana is scheduled to execute Roy Lee Ward for raping and murdering 15-year-old Stacy Payne in 2001. Ward waited for Payne’s parents to leave their home for work on July ...

Capital punishment has existed in NC since colonial times. Only lethal injection remains legal, but Iryna's law could expand ...

Gov. Stein signed Iryna's Law, saying he thinks it makes communities safer overall. He expressed concern about a section of ...

A Republican-drafted crime bill introduced in response to the fatal stabbing on Charlotte’s light rail last month appeared to have bipartisan support on Monday until an amendment seeking to resume ...