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

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

While some advocates praise the commutations as a step toward ending capital punishment, others are outraged.

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

Marion Bowman Jr. dies Jan. 31, becomes third man put to death since South Carolina resumed executions. He was convicted of ...

Bowman is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. on Friday at a Columbia, South Carolina prison for the killing of 21-year-old Kandee Martin.

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

The order directs the U.S. attorney general to actively pursue the death penalty in federal cases, particularly for murders ...

The good news: Zimbabwe has just banned the death penalty. While it should remove an exemption clause, which might allow for ...

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 ...