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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order seeking to overturn Supreme Court precedents restricting capital ...