Ohio's death penalty law is in limbo. Supporters and critics agree on one thing: the status quo isn't working.

More than half of prisoners sentenced to death in the United States have been on death row for more than 18 years. Texas, ...

Prosecutors say they follow Ohio's death penalty law. But critics believe political pressure has driven disparities in cases ...

Ohio passed a law in 2021 that exempted people with mental illnesses from being executed. Nine inmates have been removed from ...

Does where a crime is committed determine whether a person faces death? Opponents say the penalty isn't evenly applied.

Mark Sievers, 57, was sentenced to death in 2020 after authorities said he orchestrated the murder of his wife, Dr. Teresa ...

By: Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle For The Republic After three executions in less than a year — ending a nearly ...

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

Djerf, according to corrections officials, killed four people, including a five-year-old, in 1993. While he pleaded guilty to ...

A federal judge on Thursday agreed to briefly stay the execution of Lisa Montgomery, the lone woman on federal death row, after her attorneys fell ill with COVID-19 and were unable to file a timely ...

A federal judge signaled reluctance on Monday to grant Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, extra time to petition for clemency after her attorneys fell ill with COVID-19 before they ...

Mark Sievers, 57, in December 2019 was sentenced to death for orchestrating the murder of his wife, Dr. Teresa Sievers, 46.