MANILA, Philippines — A House lawmaker filed a bill proposing the death penalty for public officials convicted of corruption, with execution by firing squad. Rep. Khymer Adan Olaso (Zamboanga ...

A bill imposing the death penalty by firing squad for public officials convicted of corruption-related criminal charges with finality has been filed in the House of Representatives. This was proposed ...

The executive order — titled Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety — directs the attorney general to ensure pro-death penalty states have a sufficient supply of drugs needed ...

Brenda Andrew and her boyfriend, James Pavatt, were convicted of the 2001 murder of her husband, Rob Andrew AP Photo/The Oklahoman, David McDaniel The only woman on death row in Oklahoma could get ...

Death penalty for illegal immigrants: The Department of Justice was directed to seek the death penalty for illegal immigrants who harm Americans. Withdrawal from Paris agreement: Donald Trump ...

Trump in his order describes the death penalty as an “essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous crimes and acts of lethal violence against American ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered lower courts to review the case of the only woman on Oklahoma's death row over concerns that prosecutors' discussion of her sexual history rendered her trial ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed a lower court to reconsider whether an Oklahoma woman on death row for the murder of her husband got a fair trial after prosecutors used her ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with an Oklahoma woman on death row who argued that extensive evidence about her “sex life” rendered her trial unfair, kicking her case back to a lower court ...

The order directs attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful action” to ensure that states have enough lethal injection drugs to carry out executions. President Donald Trump signed a ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday revived a challenge by a death row inmate in Oklahoma who claims prosecutors “sex-shamed” her during her trial, referring to her as a “slut puppy” and holding ...