North Carolina’s “Iryna’s Law,” signed by Governor Josh Stein, enforces stricter criminal procedures and sets the stage for ...

Twenty-seven former Ohio lawmakers have joined the movement to abolish the death penalty in the state, citing concerns over ...

A judge in New Mexico halted legal proceedings in a federal death penalty case because the U.S. government shutdown is ...

Ohio's death penalty law is in limbo. Supporters and critics agree on one thing: the status quo isn't working.

Christa Gail Pike, 49, will become the first woman put to death in Tennessee in more than 200 years if her execution proceeds next September.

When the pope came out and essentially said that I am not pro-life if I look at the life of one of these miscreants as being ...

Prosecutors say they follow Ohio's death penalty law. But critics believe political pressure has driven disparities in cases ...

A recent child sex abuse case in South Florida is one of the first in the country to see a possible death sentence, raising ...

After three executions in less than a year — ending a nearly 15-year pause in Indiana’s use of capital punishment — it’s not ...

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