As a state prosecutor and district attorney, I became keenly aware that the death penalty does not serve victims or our ...

A judge has ruled that prosecutors can seek the death penalty against a Rural Hall man accused of killing his girlfriend in ...

President-elect Donald Trump, who hopes to expand federal use of the death penalty, condemns President Joe Biden’s decision ...

President-elect Donald Trump says he'll “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the ...

Activists have called for Biden to commute the sentence of many or all federal death row inmates for some time. More than 130 ...

A politician who represents Georgia suggested a migrant accused of setting a woman on fire on the New York City subway should ...

Several Indiana Republicans are pushing to repeal the death penalty a week after the state's first execution in 15 years.

On the same day that President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of seven Texans, Gov. Greg Abbott issued his own set of ...

The president-elect has said the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was "cold-blooded" and "horrible." ...

President-elect Donald Trump has announced plans to direct the Justice Department to "vigorously pursue" the death penalty for violent criminals, including rapists and murderers, upon taking office on ...

University of Idaho killings suspect Bryan Kohberger was reportedly investigated in connection with a home invasion case a ...