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 ...

Recent judicial rulings in India have reignited debates about the fairness and consistency of capital punishment.

Arizona death row inmate Aaron Gunches has asked to be executed next month. This comes as Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney ...

Maximilian Snyder, who has been charged with killing a California landlord, applied for a marriage license last year with Teresa Youngblut, who has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting ...

The proposal would link capital punishment abolishment with prohibitions on state funding for abortion or physician-assisted ...

Zimbabwe has just banned the death penalty. While it should remove an exemption clause, which might allow for capital punishment’s return were a state of emergency to ...

Days before South Carolina’s next execution, the state’s American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the so-called “shield law” that cleared the way ...

The proposal would link capital punishment repeal with prohibitions on state funding for abortion or physician-assisted ...

A majority of Britons now support bringing back capital punishment, a shock new poll has found in the wake of Axel Rudakubana ...

North Carolina is still feeling the adverse impact of the mandatory death penalty prosecution law, despite its repeal. | ...

Ohio lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill to end the use of state funds for death, including capital punishment and two ...

A bipartisan group of Ohio lawmakers is introducing a bill meant to stop the "funding of death" in the state — no more death ...