The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism wrote that the death penalty is a “stain upon civilization and our religious ...

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 ...

The Supreme Court set aside its 2017 order upholding Vasanta Sampat Dupare's death sentence, mandating a fresh hearing.

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

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

The top court also said the exceptional scope of Article 32 cannot be permitted to become a routine pathway for reopening ...

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

Lynching didn't disappear with America's last public execution in Owensboro, KY — the practice went underground.

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

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, ...