"Even as we pray for the repose of the souls of the victims and for the consolation of their survivors, we urge you to spare ...

The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism wrote that the death penalty is a “stain upon civilization and our religious ...

Florida’s ramp-up in executions is happening at the same time public support for the death penalty is at its lowest level in ...

Siegleman spotlighted two recent people condemned to death; Curtis Windom and Kayle Bates, both of whom are Black. He also ...

President Donald Trump's administration is faltering in its aggressive pursuit of the death penalty as it revisits cases in ...

Newly released Idaho State Police documents reveal Bryan Kohberger supported capital punishment in classroom discussions ...

Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, a former prosecutor of child abuse cases, is reintroducing a bill he filed last year to impose ...

On his final day in office in December, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper issued clemency to 15 people on death row. The N&O ...

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Williams killed her daughter "in a cold, calculated, and premediated manner without any pretense of moral or legal justification," prosecutors wrote. The post 'Dangerous mother' accused of stomping ...

Capital punishment has long been used in the U.S. as “the ultimate deterrent and only proper punishment for the vilest crimes.

Opinion Capital punishment might satisfy retributivist instincts. But it’s still unjust and should be abolished.