The bills have been introduced as states have carried out 41 executions this year, the largest amount in the country since ...

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

As the justices make their final preparations this week for the start of the 2025-26 term, they’ll also address the latest request for a stay of execution. Victor Tony Jones was sentenced to death in ...

Thirty-four men have died by court-ordered executions in the U.S. so far this year, and eight others are scheduled to be put to death by year’s end, including five in the next eight days. The total ...

Banks had been in prison since 1982 after shooting 14 people and killing 13, including his own children, during a rampage in ...

For the first time since being elected in May, Pope Leo XIV waded into U.S. politics, criticizing those who say they're against abortion but support the death penalty, saying that's "not really ...

Robert Roberson, an East Texas man facing execution for the death of his 2-year-old daughter, poses for a photo at the TDCJ Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. Juan ...

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(Corrects the third section of the story to show there are instances in which firing squad could still be used in Utah, instead of saying Utah banned the firing squad.) By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Utah ...