If convicted murderers had been put to death, they couldn’t now be released to kill again.

Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...

This new script is exemplified by stories of death row inmates who have been freed by revelations of injustice and of others who were executed despite strong cases for exoneration.

Of the many executive orders President Donald Trump issued, one reinstates federal capital punishment. The order, “Restoring ...

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

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 Joe Biden’s Department of Justice issued a moratorium on federal executions, “in defiance of his duty to faithfully ...

Florida was one of only three states to both execute someone and put more people on death row in 2024. Florida also has more wrongful convictions than any other state.

Trump in his order describes the death penalty as an “essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the ...

Amid the raging debate over a Kolkata court sentencing R G Kar hospital rape-murder convict Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment till death, legal luminaries are unequivocal in their stand against awarding ...