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

The government is trying to cancel a plea deal for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, accused of masterminding the attacks. But a clause ...

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

The House of Representatives’ quad committee may propose the revival of the death penalty for heinous offenses, in response ...

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 ...

The Republican nominee for Missouri governor wouldn’t say whether he supported or opposed Marcellus Williams’ execution, ...

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

Snoop Dogg and Death Row Records have signed with Reservoir Publishing; Edgar Barrera re-ups with Sony Latin Publishing.

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

Catholic Mobilizing Network, a group that advocates for the abolition of capital punishment in line with Catholic teaching, ...

Human rights groups call for the end of the death penalty in Japan after Iwao Hakamada, who spent 45 years in solitary ...