A conservative anti-death penalty group is calling on Arkansas to forgo executions, citing concerns about a new form of ...

A judge has ruled that Tennessee prison officials must grant expanded access to media members to view state-run executions ...

The U.S. carried out 47 executions in 2025—the highest total in years—despite falling public support, fewer death sentences, ...

A bill that would make punishable by death the rape, sodomy or sexual torture of children younger than 12 advanced in the ...

The death penalty could be on the table for those in Alabama who are found guilty of using a weapon to murder someone in ...

Alabama death penalty advocates are urging Governor Kay Ivey to halt the execution of 75-year-old Charles "Sonny" Burton, a ...

Four executions have been set this year by the Tennessee Supreme Court, which includes the only woman on the state’s death ...

Members of Madison County’s legislative delegation heard pleas from residents to fix health care problems, abolish the death ...

McIntosh High School student Hunter Reed died Monday night. Reed was a member of the basketball team, leading the Washington County School System to cancel the game between McIntosh and Fruitdale High ...

The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law committee discussed a bill Tuesday that would allow firing squad executions for death penalty inmates, including testimony from four people opposed to the bill.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s position on the death penalty stands out in comparison to politicians who use capital ...