Death penalty opponents fear President Donald Trump is poised to start an "execution spree" after returning to the White House on Monday.

CLAIM: Trump, a Republican, said in his inaugural address that the U.S. government "fails to protect our magnificent, ...

President Trump's Inauguration Day speeches were punctuated by several false or misleading claims, many of which he has made ...

Trump's order, coming just hours after he returned to the White House, compels the Justice Department to not only seek the ...

3. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: The Boston Marathon Bombing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, now 31, carried out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing alongside his older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev. The attack, executed with ...

BOSTON — Boston U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy announced this week that he is stepping down, effective Friday, January 17. It’s not a complete surprise, as president-elect Donald Trump is expected to ...

January 1, 2025 - Fourteen people are killed and dozens injured when a pickup truck plows into a crowd in New Orleans, Louisiana. The FBI describe the event as “an act of terrorism.” The driver is ...

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was arrested by police after he was discovered hiding out in a boat behind a house in Watertown, Massachusetts. Tamerlan Tsarnaev died in a shootout with police during their ...

The federal death penalty was first enacted in 1790 to punish certain federal crimes, such as treason, piracy and counterfeiting. In 1972, the U.S.