Iowans and their elected officials are doing nothing to protect both prison employees and inmates from death. So please ...

Some view the death penalty as a “merciful” source of closure to the victim’s family and friends. But after a brief period of ...

Florida governor is advancing his anti-immigrant crusade with a measure that experts consider unconstitutional ...

Florida officials aren't wasting time implementing their new legislation, which increases penalties for crimes committed by ...

Two states are set to see pauses on executions end as Arizona, Louisiana and South Carolina gave execution dates to three men ...

The initiative is part of a broader immigration package resulting from an agreement between state GOP lawmakers and Gov. Ron ...

Greg Abbott. Her execution is set for April 27. Melissa Lucio was convicted of capital murder in 2008 in the death of her 2-year-old daughter. Advocates say the case was mismanaged and that ...

John Fitzgerald Hanson is serving a life sentence at the U.S. Penitentiary in Pollock, Louisiana. His return for execution ...

Capital punishment is vengeance rather than retribution and, as such, is a morally dubious concept The anticipatory suffering of the criminal, who may be kept on death row for many years ...

Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes suspended capital punishment pending a review of Arizona's death penalty process because the state struggled to insert IVs for three lethal ...

Beyond Afghanistan, America’s retreat carries significant geopolitical consequences, reshaping regional power dynamics and emboldening its adversaries. While some critics argue that foreign aid ...