President Donald Trump's administration has been pushing for the death penalty, but judges are blocking attempts to reverse ...

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

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

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, ...

"Even as we pray for the repose of the souls of the victims and for the consolation of their survivors, we urge you to spare ...

Williams killed her daughter "in a cold, calculated, and premediated manner without any pretense of moral or legal justification," prosecutors wrote. The post 'Dangerous mother' accused of stomping ...

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

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

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

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

Florida continues capital punishment record with execution date for triple murderer - The execution would mark the 12th scheduled in Florida this year ...

Some days it takes a little more grit and gumption to stay steady. I say this because this is one of those days. In one of his all-time most outlandish PR stunts, Donald Trump hopes to burnish his ...