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 ...

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 ...

Amnesty noted that 37 people were executed for drug-related crimes in June alone, including 34 foreigners from countries such ...

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., ...

The RJA was a historic and overdue piece of legislation that sought to rectify long standing racial injustices in death penalty cases. After its momentous passage in 2009, more than 100 people on ...