Lawyers

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  Arizona Man Executed by Lethal Injection Requested Carl's Jr. and Baklava for His Last Meal

  Aaron Brian Gunches was found guilty of murdering his then-girlfriend's ex-husband in 2003 and sentenced to death in 2008.

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  Mississippi Demands Execution Date Be Set For State's Longest Serving Death Row Inmate

  Since his conviction in 1976, Richard Jordan has been tried, convicted, and received the death sentence four times.

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  US to Have Deadliest Week on Death Row in 20 Years

  The US is slated for its deadliest week on death row in 20 years, with five scheduled executions to take place in Alabama, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas.

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  Tattooed killer Wade Wilson sits motionless as judge hands down death penalty for double murder

  The Swastika-tattooed Florida murderer Wade Wilson, 30, discovered his fate this afternoon when Judge Nick Thompson delivered the final verdict on his life.

• Ohio’s New Lethal Injection Process Illegal, Says Federal Judge

  Magistrate Judge Michael Merz issued a court ruling delaying the implementation of Ohio's new lethal injection process. The state's three drug method has been questioned by opponents for the use of midazolam, which causes too much pain to an inmate.

• New Utah bill may allow executions of human traffickers

  Utah bill was approved 6-3 by lawmakers that gives the death penalty to someone convicted of human trafficking if their victim dies. Opponents of the death penalty called said bill as expensive and excessive.

• Man Executed in Texas for Killing Game Warden 9 Years Ago

  A man from Texas was executed on Wednesday for killing a game warden in 2005 during a shootout following an arduous 90-minute chase that took place after he was suspected of animal poaching.

• Fate of death row inmates in Florida became uncertain after US Supreme Court's announcement of changing capital punishments

  The fate of the 390 inmates on Florida's death row was uncertain. The American Bar Association said Florida should hold off on pending executions until the courts and lawmakers have.

• U.S. Supreme Court Rules Florida’s Death Penalty System Unconstitutional

  The Supreme Court has ruled Florida's death penalty system unconstitutional. 390 inmates on Florida's death row is expecting to appeal for resentencing.

• U.S. justices unlikely to address death penalty's constitutionality

  When the last U.S. Supreme Court term ended in June with an unusual showdown over a decision approving Oklahoma's lethal injection process, some court watchers saw it as a sign the court might soon take up the bigger question of the constitutionality of the death penalty itself.

• China orders compensation to acquitted death row prisoner

  A court in China's southern city of Fuzhou ordered compensation of 1.14 million yuan ($182,000) to a former death row prisoner who was acquitted on charges of poisoning two children, state media said on Tuesday.

• U.N. chief appeals to Indonesia to stop death row executions

  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to Indonesia on Friday not to execute prisoners on death row for drug crimes, including citizens of Australia, Brazil, France, Ghana, Indonesia, Nigeria and the Philippines.

• China considers abolishing death penalty for nine crimes

  China is considering trimming nine crimes from the list of offences punishable by death, state media said on Monday, as the ruling Communist Party considers broader reforms to the country's legal system.

• Dehli Gang Rape: Indian Court Sentences 4 Men To Death by Hanging for the Fatal Beating of Woman on Moving Bus (Video)

  An Indian court sentenced four men to the death penalty for the gang rape and murder of a student in the capital New Dehli. The four men were all found guilty on all counts earlier this week, in a case which led to violent protests throughout India. New laws against rape were also implemented due to the protests.

• Alabama Execution: Rights Group Argued Andrew Reid Lackey Had Been Mentally Ill Prior to Receiving Death Penalty

  The state of Alabama executed convicted murderer Andrew Reid Lackey who prisoner rights groups said was mentally ill, Reuters reported. The 29-year-old Lackey was put to death by lethal injection at Holman Prison in the Atmore, marking the state's first execution since 2011.

• Inmates John King And Brian Tucker Captured After Escape From Texas Jail

  A capital murder suspect and a convicted drug offender were the subject of a two-day manhunt, after escaping from a Texas jail. They are back in lockup after being cornered in a barn about 20 miles away from the penitentiary. Brian Allen Tucker and John Marlin King were returned to the jail in Sulphur Springs, about 75 miles northeast of Dallas, from where they fled on Tuesday.

• Holmes Death Penalty Decision: Prosecutor Says "Justice is Death" As DA Seeks Capital Punishment Against Defendant (Video)

  Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler announced his team will seek the death penalty against James Holmes, accused of shooting 70 people, killing 12 during a midnight screening in Aurora Colorado.