When the first pieces of information circumvented a near-total blackout during Iran's protests last month, rights defender ...

New Hampshire lawmakers are taking up a range of bills this month that would reinstate the use of the death penalty in the state, almost seven years after it was repealed. The proposals this year, all ...

For death penalty opponents, the dramatic spike in executions last year was truly horrifying. After several years of no more than 25 executions, there were 47 executions in 2025, nearly double the ...

Saudi authorities executed at least 356 people in 2025, Human Right Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday. The mark set a new record for the highest annual number of executions in the nation since monitoring ...

I moved to Panama to teach English and adjusted easily in the capital, but not in a smaller town. In Playa Venao, I struggled to connect with the tourists and the tight-knit community of locals. I ...

The state is set to end the year with 19 executions, the most in a single year in the modern era of capital punishment. The entryway to Florida State Prison is seen in August. The prison houses the ...

Rob Reiner and his family attend a 2014 gala at the Lincoln Center in New York. Prosecutors should not seek death sentence for Rob Reiner’s killer. Michael Loccisano Getty Images But the horror didn’t ...

The deaths of director Rob Reiner and his wife have drawn attention to California’s long and tangled history with the death penalty. Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner, 68, were found dead of stab ...

There have been five executions apiece this year in Texas, Alabama and South Carolina. Florida leads the nation with 18. Kristin Houle Cuellar is executive director of the Texas Coalition to Abolish ...

Oklahoma leads the nation in executing death row inmates. Now, multiple Oklahoma-based organizations are joining the effort to end that practice. Laura Porter, the executive director for the U.S.