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

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

More than 84 per cent of respondents believed that capital punishment deters the trafficking of drugs into Singapore.

The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism wrote that the death penalty is a “stain upon civilization and our religious ...

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

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

On his final day in office in December, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper issued clemency to 15 people on death row. The N&O ...

"Even as we pray for the repose of the souls of the victims and for the consolation of their survivors, we urge you to spare ...

Opponents of capital punishment on Friday called on Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to reverse Arkansas' decision to allow ...

Our state leads the nation in putting killers to death this year, but no one really believes death sentences are working.

The Supreme Court set aside its 2017 order upholding Vasanta Sampat Dupare's death sentence, mandating a fresh hearing.

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