The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...

One of Trump’s most despicable day-one executive orders revoked Biden’s moratorium on federal executions, ensured that states ...

Gov. Jeff Landry announced Monday that the state had developed a protocol for executing people with nitrogen gas, allowing it ...

A bill in the Alabama Legislature could soon make first-degree rape and sodomy of a child under 12 punishable by death.

“There was no defense at all,” he says, and the death penalty “has been a real deterrent to teen-age crime.” One for the Electric Chair. On the surface at least, Fred Esherick Jr ...

Attorney Gilda Daniels and U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett denounce Trump's expansion of the federal death penalty, citing racial disparities and systemic injustices.

A Republican legislator made a public plea Monday for his bill to abolish Indiana's death penalty, arguing that the state's ...

Khaled Najar was later released as part of a deal in which Israel released over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in return for ...

Lawmakers held a hearing for two different pieces of legislation that would change the death penalty. LR15CA is a constitutional amendment that would get rid of the death penalty. LB432 is a bill that ...

Angelia Pranthaman appeals to the government of Malaysia to use its position as ASEAN chair to save her brother's life.

The issue of the death penalty has sparked significant debate among Indiana lawmakers, human rights advocates, and the general public. Proponents argue that it serves as a deterrent and ensures ...