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

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

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

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

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

Ahead of Byron Black's execution on August 5, it's time to re-examine the horrors of capital punishment and Tennesseans' role ...

Some of the states that have kept the punishment in place hardly use it. New Hampshire, for example, is the only northeastern state that still allows the death penalty, but it hasn’t had an ...

The U.S. directed prosecutors to not seek capital punishment for three reputed drug lords, including one in a DEA agent's ...

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

Capital punishment violates one of the most fundamental principles under widely accepted human rights law—that states must recognize the right to life.

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 ...