The U.S. directed prosecutors to not seek capital punishment for three reputed drug lords, including one in a DEA agent's ...

Florida’s ramp-up in executions is happening at the same time public support for the death penalty is at its lowest level in ...

President Donald Trump's administration is faltering in its aggressive pursuit of the death penalty as it revisits cases in ...

Opponents of capital punishment on Friday called on Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to reverse Arkansas' decision to allow ...

Newly released Idaho State Police documents reveal Bryan Kohberger supported capital punishment in classroom discussions ...

Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, a former prosecutor of child abuse cases, is reintroducing a bill he filed last year to impose ...

The Reform movement’s Washington-based advocacy arm is urging Attorney General Pam Bondi not to seek the death penalty for ...

On his final day in office in December, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper issued clemency to 15 people on death row. The N&O ...

Capital punishment has long been used in the U.S. as “the ultimate deterrent and only proper punishment for the vilest crimes.

Given the recent spate of executions, it may surprise you to learn that the increase is a false indicator of the state of the death penalty in America. Most of those executions took place many years, ...

Opinion Capital punishment might satisfy retributivist instincts. But it’s still unjust and should be abolished.

Sen. John Kissel, R-Enfield, raised oppositions to the bill, pointing out that while capital punishment was illegal in Connecticut, it still takes place in other U.S. states.