Alabama’s execution of Anthony Boyd on Thursday added to the growing number of executions for the year. Boyd was the 40th ...

North Carolina’s “Iryna’s Law,” signed by Governor Josh Stein, enforces stricter criminal procedures and sets the stage for ...

Earlier this month, Palm Beach County prosecutors announced that they would be seeking the death penalty against two men ...

Nearly half of Ohio lawmakers who are still alive from the General Assembly that passed the death penalty statute have signed ...

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

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

State lawmakers have taken up President Trump’s aggressive push to expand the use of the death penalty, setting up legislative and legal battles that could make a wider range of crimes subject to ...

Prosecutors say they follow Ohio's death penalty law. But critics believe political pressure has driven disparities in cases ...

A judge in New Mexico halted legal proceedings in a federal death penalty case because the U.S. government shutdown is ...

More than half of prisoners sentenced to death in the United States have been on death row for more than 18 years. Texas, ...

After three executions in less than a year — ending a nearly 15-year pause in Indiana’s use of capital punishment — it’s not ...