The president and the Republican Party are bringing capital punishment back to the forefront of American criminal justice.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that his administration will seek the death penalty in all murder cases in Washington, DC, a move that could collide with longstanding city law and ...

President Donald Trump said he plans to pursue reviving the death penalty in Washington for those convicted of murder amid his crime crackdown in the nation’s capital. "If somebody kills somebody in ...

The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The number of new death sentences remained small by historical standards in ...

President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that his administration will pursue the death penalty for anyone who kills another person in Washington, D.C. Trump's remarks also come amid his deployment ...

The list of reasons to oppose the death penalty in the United States grows longer every day. It is not a significant deterrent to violent crime. It is disproportionately applied to defendants who are ...

Idaho Governor Brad Little (R) recently signed legislation making the firing squad the state’s primary method of execution.

WASHINGTON — President Trump said Tuesday that he wants the Justice Department to seek the death penalty in all murder cases in DC — hours after the capital’s 12-day murder-free streak ended. “Anybody ...

Loran Cole, 57, was set to be executed in Florida on Thursday for the 1994 murder of 18-year-old Florida State University freshman John Edwards and the sexual assault of his 21-year-old sister. Cole ...

You wouldn’t think that it would be that hard to kill someone. History indicates that we’ve always been good at it. It took only one generation before Cain killed Abel in a fit of jealousy over divine ...

Sri Lanka should implement the capital punishment for large scale drug traffickers, Prisons Commissioner General Jagath Weerasinghe asserted.