A judge has cleared the way for South Carolina to pursue the death penalty against Brandon Council.

State prosecutors began the process for setting a schedule in the man’s trial where the state is seeking a death sentence.

Here’s a look at the death penalty in the United States. Facts Capital punishment is legal in 27 US states. Four of those states have governor-imposed moratoriums. According to the Death Penalty ...

A failed execution in Tennessee left death row inmate Tony Carruthers bleeding and moaning, a witness says. Attorneys for ...

Fifty years ago, Americans set out on a polarizing mission: to find a just and fair way to punish the worst of the worst crimes by execution. In some ways, this was a surprising choice. In 1972, a ...

A 74-year-old man, who became the oldest individual to be executed in Florida since records were first kept in 1924, offered ...