The U.S. directed prosecutors to not seek capital punishment for three reputed drug lords, including one in a DEA agent's ...

President Donald Trump's administration has been pushing for the death penalty, but judges are blocking attempts to reverse ...

The public prosecutor of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) formally requested the death penalty for former president ...

In a significant and rare ruling, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed the reconsideration of the death penalty imposed on ...

Florida’s ramp-up in executions is happening at the same time public support for the death penalty is at its lowest level in ...

Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, a former prosecutor of child abuse cases, is reintroducing a bill he filed last year to impose ...

The three-judge bench, however, cautioned that such a right provided to a death row convict should not be misused as an ...

The Supreme Court has said that it can revisit its own verdict of a death sentence if it is convinced that the accused has ...

Newly released Idaho State Police documents reveal Bryan Kohberger supported capital punishment in classroom discussions ...

Lynching didn't disappear with America's last public execution in Owensboro, KY — the practice went underground.

Opinion Capital punishment might satisfy retributivist instincts. But it’s still unjust and should be abolished.