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

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

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed orders to execute more inmates in one year than any other governor in state history.

It is the quickest pace of capital punishment since March 2022, when 81 people were executed in a single day for ...

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

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

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

Our state leads the nation in putting killers to death this year, but no one really believes death sentences are working.

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

Williams killed her daughter "in a cold, calculated, and premediated manner without any pretense of moral or legal ...

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

More: South Dakota has used capital punishment since 1877. It’s showing no signs of stopping now. Former Vermillion Sen. Arthur Rusch, a retired judge, was in support of repealing the death penalty.