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.

Supreme Court reopens sentencing for death row convict due to breach of procedural safeguards, citing Article 32.

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

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

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

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

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

Bryan Kohberger allegedly supported the death penalty, despite later trying to avoid it through a plea deal in his murder ...

When capital punishment was more common, it was easy to claim that people are executed because they are criminals. But now that fewer criminals receive the death penalty, that's no longer the case ...

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