The death penalty is arbitrary, capricious, more expensive than non-capital incarcerations and poisoned by racial bias. The ...

Fourth District Judge Steven Hippler in November denied 12 motions filed by the defense, collectively referred to as the ...

President Joe Biden’s commutation of the death sentences of 37 out of 40 men on federal death row in advance of a Trump ...

Robert Roberson’s case only scratches the surface of the multitude of faults that permeate this system of death in Texas.

In an unusual court proceeding that began in October, the ACLU and other attorneys asserted that Kansas' death penalty law ...

Hope could very well be the defining force behind the drive to abolish capital punishment: hope for redemption, hope for ...

Aaron Gunches was convicted of first-degree murder in 2004. After a two-year pause on executions, Arizona wants to kill him.

A lethal injection expert has asked the Arizona Supreme Court to deny the attorney general's request for an execution warrant ...

Human rights groups accuse Iran's leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of using capital punishment as a tool following nationwide ...

In its history, the Granite State has executed 26 people. In 2019, New Hampshire ended capital punishment. Was that the right ...

Iran in 2024 executed at least 31 women, an NGO said on Monday, warning that female prisoners were increasingly being caught ...