Thirty years ago, the film “Dead Man Walking” had its debut in movie theaters around the United States. It was a box office ...

A Utah judge has set an execution date for a man with dementia who has been on death row for 37 years, despite appeals from ...

While the state leads the nation in executions, 100 Florida faith leaders call on DeSantis to pause what they call ...

Florida may carry out more executions in 2025 than in any other year in recent history. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed nine ...

The amendment to remove capital punishment from Delaware’s Constitution must be voted on twice consecutively by lawmakers.

Not a single jury in Oklahoma has issued a new death sentence in the past three years, a sign that public opinion has changed ...

Reforms have been implemented in Texas and other states to avoid mistakes that send innocent people to death row. However, ...

Defense attorneys for Teresa Youngblut file a motion against the DOJ's accelerated capital punishment process after Border ...

If these people escaped the death penalty, you have to wonder: Who will suffer it? Here’s a reasonable guess: An ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court has denied Bryon Black's request to have a hearing on whether he is incompetent for capital punishment, paving the way for his execution on Aug. 5.

More than 100 Florida faith leaders signed a letter pleading with Gov. Ron DeSantis to pause the fast pace of executions in ...

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT By inches, the death penalty is dying in the U.S. It has been abolished or drastically restricted in 13 states. U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark has publicly stated his ...