The Alabama House of Representatives voted 86-5 for the bill that would allow prosecutors to pursue the death penalty when an ...

The estranged husband of an art dealer who was found stabbed to death in Brazil last year has been charged with hiring a hit ...

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order promoting the death penalty as an “essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous ...

REFLECTING A divergence in decision-making on death penalty at different levels in the judiciary, the Supreme Court — for the second consecutive year — did not confirm a single death sentence in 2024 ...

James D. Ford, who was convicted of murdering a young couple in 1999 in southwest Florida while their toddler looked on, was ...

Wrongful conviction advocates discuss addressing accountability with prosecutors for criminal reform with the Texas death row ...

Sociological evidence on the deterrent effect of the death penalty as currently practiced is ambiguous, conflicting, and far from probative. Avery Cardinal Dulles, Catholicism and Capital ...

Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine extended the state’s unofficial death penalty moratorium once again Thursday as he postponed ...

Art dealer Brent Sikkema was stabbed to death in Brazil last year. After a year of speculation, his estranged husband has been charged with hiring his killer.

PHOENIX (AP) — Court schedules March 19 execution for Arizona man in what would be state’s first use of the death penalty since 2022.

The estranged husband of acclaimed New York City art dealer Brent Sikkema orchestrated his killing, prosecutors ...

The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), which has consistently opposed the death penalty, maintains its stance. Speaking to La Croix International, Monsignor Donatien Nshole ...