Alabama has set an execution date for an inmate who dropped his appeals this summer and asked to be put to death.

The latest schedule of executions in the United States is another grim reminder that capital punishment remains an entrenched ...

I want my closing statement to be one of love and a calling to my fellow Christians to help us end the death penalty,” Brad ...

Brad Sigmon, a convicted murderer, was executed by firing squad in South Carolina, and used his last words to call for the abolition of the death penalty.

Lawyers for Louisiana and death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. have agreed to unseal the state's nitrogen gas execution ...

Bryan Kohberger's defense argues that death penalty should be taken off the table for potential sentencing on the basis of his autism diagnosis.

Efforts to end the death penalty in Ohio have gained more support from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in recent years.

His essay conceded that the only time a death ... [12] Organizations were formed in different colonies for the abolition of the death penalty and to relieve poor prison conditions.

However, withdrawals from these accounts for non-qualified education expenses can be subject to taxes plus an additional 10% penalty ... These include white papers, government data, original ...

Death penalty opponents are praising the decision, arguing it should be an example for how other cases are treated. Lack of faith in a fair trial The central argument behind the Supreme Court's ...

Ahead of the trial in the University of Idaho murders case, Bryan Kohberger’s defense team has filed motion to remove the death penalty and may be preparing to argue the accused killer has autism.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who has been on death row for more than 25 years. The court found that Glossip's ...