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 ...

Florida has already carried out nine executions in 2023, surpassing any other US state. Texas and South Carolina currently ...

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

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

"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 ...

Death row exonerees Alfred Rivera, Ed Chapman and Henry McCollum meet at an event sponsored by the N.C. Coalition for ...

Furthermore, my examination of morality shows that capital punishment is not only a just institution, but that in many cases, the state is morally required to obey the will of an individual.

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

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 ...