The state of Florida has had 15 executions so far this year. Twice as many as last year. The execution ofNorman Grim raises ...

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

Alabama’s execution of Anthony Boyd on Thursday added to the growing number of executions for the year. Boyd was the 40th ...

The state killed Anthony Boyd last night, and the process was anything but humane.

More than half of prisoners sentenced to death in the United States have been on death row for more than 18 years. Texas, ...

State lawmakers have taken up President Trump’s aggressive push to expand the use of the death penalty, setting up legislative and legal battles that could make a wider range of crimes subject to ...

LOS ANGELES, CA – Indian American filmmaker Smriti Mundhra’s latest documentary short, I Am Ready, Warden, has been shortlisted for the 2025 Oscars. The emotionally powerful film delves into the ...

The health care community has an important role in opposing the death penalty, argues an expert in The BMJ. Bharat Malkani, reader in law at Cardiff University, says doctors must refuse to participate ...

President Donald Trump signed a presidential memo on Thursday directing U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro to pursue federal jurisdiction for crimes committed in ...

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has had an eye on restoring the death penalty since his 2023 election. Last year, the state’s top law enforcement official filed a motion to supersede a court ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a presidential memorandum seeking to reinstate the death penalty in Washington, DC, as Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the Justice Department will be ...

Section 1. Background. Federal law provides for the death penalty for criminals found guilty of especially aggravated crimes (18 U.S.C. 3591(a)). Capital punishment is an essential part of how our ...