More than half of American states have abolished the death penalty or hit pause on executions. Less than half —47%—of ...

"All the data indicates that the American public is increasingly uncomfortable with use of the death penalty, yet elected ...

President Joe Biden should make good on his campaign pledge to abolish executions on the federal level. States should do ...

The execution—one of a recent spate across several states—has raised questions about the future of the death penalty in ...

Miller’s execution was scrutinized because a forensic psychiatrist found him ‘mentally ill at the time of the offenses’ ...

A major gas-mask manufacturer this week said it doesn’t want its products used in nitrogen-gas executions, days before ...

Alan Eugene Miller’s execution was the fifth in the last week, drawing national scrutiny to convictions and execution ...

All five men were executed within one week in five different states, a period political scientist Austin Sarat condemned as ...

Alabama conducted the United States' second execution with the use of nitrogen gas on Thursday evening, finally killing Alan ...

In the aftermath of Williams’ execution there has been an outcry from the public due to the doubts over his conviction, ...

A pair of blood-spattered trousers in a miso tank and an allegedly forced confession helped send Iwao Hakamata to death row ...

Kenneth Meers of Oklahoma City "simply did not have a mean bone in his body." The man convicted of killing him is set to be ...