The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The ...

Undocumented immigrants convicted of first-degree murder or raping children would face mandatory death sentences, under bills ...

Ending capital punishment had been a dormant issue in Indiana, but advocates now believe a Republican-led effort to abolish ...

Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford reportedly joked about bringing back the death penalty during a campaign speech at a London, Ont.

Richard Tabler shared his final words before he was executed by lethal injection in Texas on Thursday. The death penalty is a legal form of criminal punishment in 27 states. Governors in California, ...

A bill has been filed this legislative session that would abolish the death penalty on the state level. Many religious groups ...

First Baptist Arlington’s senior pastor said his role was to support families affected by the murder of one of the church's ...

Kristopher Henriqson, 48, was charged with capital sexual battery by familial or custodial authority and other sex crimes ...

Connecticut death penalty opponents want lawmakers to bar corporations in the state from making drugs or devices used in ...

The ACLU of Ohio is pushing back against an expected bill that would ban the death penalty in the state, saying it also ...

Lawmakers held a hearing for two different pieces of legislation that would change the death penalty. LR15CA is a constitutional amendment that would get rid of the death penalty. LB432 is a bill that ...

Public support for the death penalty, meanwhile, remained at a five-decade low, 53%. But the report’s most important finding for the future of capital punishment concerns the stark generational ...