To be eligible for the death penalty in Ohio, the defendant must be at least 18 at the time of the crime and convicted of ...

Ohio's death penalty law is in limbo. Supporters and critics agree on one thing: the status quo isn't working.

(The Center Square) – Nearly 30 former lawmakers who helped bring back the death penalty to Ohio 44 years ago now want it to ...

The 'Death Delayed' series looks at where Ohio's capital punishment system now stands and what will happen with it in the ...

Mississippi death row inmate Charles Ray Crawford petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to stop his execution. The defense and ...

Ohio is considering adding nitrogen hypoxia as a method for carrying out the death penalty, a move supported by state ...

Does where a crime is committed determine whether a person faces death? Opponents say the penalty isn't evenly applied. Prosecutors say it's the law.

Charles Ray Crawford is set to be executed at 6 p.m., Oct. 15, after spending more than 30 years on death row for the rape ...

Richard Djerf is scheduled to be executed on Oct. 17 for the 1993 murders of four members of the Luna family. Djerf has ...

A state law shields its source of pentobarbital, the sedative used in lethal injections. But documents reviewed by NBC News ...

A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student was put to death Wednesday evening at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman ...

A man convicted of killing two women whose bodies were found in a rural pond has become the 14th person executed in Florida ...