The New York Times editorial board has warned that the death penalty is resurging in the United States, citing its flaws, ...

In theory, the death penalty is reserved for “the worst of the worst.” In practice, it is very different. People who are ...

Melvin Trotter, on Florida's death row for the brutal 1986 murder of Virgie Langford during a convenience store robbery in Palmetto, was executed by lethal injection Feb. 24, at Florida State Prison ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ March 16 The Washington Post says narrowing tax base won't fund programs progressives want to provide One of the most consequential ...

A Hamilton County judge has ruled that a Cincinnati man who spent 20 years on death row was wrongfully incarcerated. Derrick Jamison said the decision March 5 by Common Pleas Judge Christopher ...

The governor of Alabama has granted clemency to a man on death row for three decades, a rare move that spares the accomplice ...

Southwest Ohio's longest-serving resident on the state's Death Row has died, just over 40 years after he was arrested for the deaths of five family members in Dayton. Samuel Moreland, 72, died ...

Every year, thousands of prisoners in the U.S. are placed in solitary confinement, where they endure isolation, abuse, and mental suffering. This practice might soon become rarer for some inmates in ...

An Arkansas death row inmate will have a hearing in August to determine if he can end his appeals against the advice of an attorney and hasten his execution. A judge will hear arguments in Faulkner ...

A Cincinnati man who spent 20 years on death row has been declared wrongfully incarcerated by a judge. Derrick Jamison was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1985 and faced six execution dates. A ...