A memo directs DOJ staff to pursue the death penalty for undocumented immigrants who have been charged with capital crimes, ...

Texas executes Steven Nelson, convicted for a pastor's 2011 murder, amidst debates on capital punishment ethics.

The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...

First Baptist Arlington’s senior pastor said his role was to support families affected by the murder of one of the church's ...

The proposal would link capital punishment abolishment with prohibitions on state funding for abortion or physician-assisted ...

But what then is capital punishment but the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's deed, however calculated it ...

It is unacceptable that a company in our state would violate the wishes of its neighbors and help carry out executions for other jurisdictions,” said one legislative champion.

Idaho House Bill 37 aims to make the firing squad the state's primary means of execution as prosecutors prepare to try Bryan ...

Ending capital punishment had been a dormant issue in Indiana, but advocates now believe a Republican-led effort to abolish ...

- May 12, 2018: In one of the quickest deliveries of justice the country has seen, a 25-year-old man who kidnapped, raped and ...