Two men accused of homicide in Pennsylvania are asking the state Supreme Court to limit a prosecutor's use of the death ...

Capital punishment might satisfy retributivist instincts. But it’s still unjust and should be abolished.

Kevin Hines, a contractor maintaining postal machines, was killed during his first shift at a Missouri City USPS facility.

A group of lawyers who defend people facing capital punishment has asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to take extraordinary ...

Amid state plans to execute convicted killer Ralph Menzies, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said, "There are probably circumstances" ...

Rep. Matt Simpson (R-District 96) has prefiled house bill 20, which calls for an expansion of possible capital punishment ...

Beshear, a rising star in the Democratic Party, is not a prominent and outspoken abolitionist. In fact, during an October ...

Capital punishment has long been used in the U.S. as “the ultimate deterrent and only proper punishment for the vilest c Trump reinstates federal capital punishment Skip to main content ...

Several NGOs say that Iranian authorities have arrested hundreds of people and executed dozens in a wave of repression ...

For the last decade or so, those opposed to capital punishment have been repeating the same mantra as a way to mark the ...

More than 70% of counties around the world have banned the death penalty, including the European Union. And yet in the U.S., ...