Cassy Stubbs, staff attorney for the ACLU's Capital Punishment Project, authored an in-depth rebuttal to last week's AP article, "Studies Say Death Penalty Deters Crime" for The Huffington Post today: ...

States are moving in sharply different directions on the death penalty, with some looking to broaden when and how executions ...

Iryna's Law allows convicted individuals to choose between the electric chair, lethal injection, or a firing squad.

At a Cabinet meeting on Aug. 26, President Donald Trump proposed seeking the death penalty for anyone convicted of murder in Washington, D.C., claiming the death penalty is “a very strong preventative ...

Efforts to abolish capital punishment in Ohio are heating up with a bipartisan bill that has drawn the support of former ...

Ohio's death penalty law is in limbo. Supporters and critics agree on one thing: the status quo isn't working.

Twenty-seven former Ohio lawmakers have joined the movement to abolish the death penalty in the state, citing concerns over ...

Every person accused of a crime is entitled to a jury of their peers that represents a fair cross section of their community. But that is never the reality for Black and brown people facing the death ...

Efforts to abolish the death penalty in Ohio are gaining momentum, highlighted by bipartisan support from former legislators who originally helped enact the law. Senate Bill 133, sponsored by Senators ...