The U.S. government weighing whether to livestream an execution on Dec. 3 calls for a look back at past public executions.

The arbitrary executions of these five young men serves as another chilling reminder of how the Iranian authorities weaponize ...

One of the last public executions in the United States took place in Owensboro, Kentucky in 1936. Rainey Bethea, a young ...

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah officials here and in Washington have reacted with almost universal dismay to the pending public ...

A historic community event from 1936 remains the final instance of capital punishment conducted openly before citizens in American history. Historical records and judicial archives confirm that the ...

Military justice expert Eugene Fidell of Yale Law School speaks to NPR about the Pentagon's plan to livestream the execution of a convicted mass murderer.

The Pentagon has announced that the execution of Nidal Hasan, the Army officer convicted of killing 13 fellow service members ...

Two mass shootings in the United States have claimed the lives of 14 people in the space of a few hours, local police forces ...

Erie police have confirmed nine people have died after a mass shooting in Pennsylvania, including a heavily pregnant mother ...

The defense secretary wants people to watch the death of Nidal Hasan. Opponents see an echo of totalitarian regimes and ...