More than 70% of counties around the world have banned the death penalty, including the European Union. And yet in the U.S., ...

The defense lawyer for a man accused of killing the top Democratic leader in the Minnesota House and her husband, and wounding another lawmaker and his wife, says he plans to plead not guilty ...

Federal prosecutors say a judge should not delay their decision on whether to seek the death penalty against a woman who is ...

We’re in the midst of something historic,” said Robert Dunham, director of the Death Penalty Policy Project, as the U.S. braces for its highest number of executions in a decade. The focus is on ...

With five months left, 2025 already ties the total number of executions in 2024 and 2018. Michael Bernard Bell, who is set to ...

Bill would make murder while creating a “great risk of death” to other people eligible for capital punishment.

Bank leaders pose at their first earnings call since federal regulators ended the $2 trillion asset cap tied to a bank sales ...

The indictment handed up lists murder, stalking and firearms charges against Vance Boelter. The murder counts in the deaths ...

Michael Bernard Bell, convicted of multiple murders is set to be executed Tuesday—marking the 26th execution in the U.S. this ...

The nation set a 10-year high for capital punishment when Florida executed inmate Michael Bernard Bell by lethal injection at ...

An Alabama legislator wants to expand the number of circumstances that can allow the death penalty to be imposed. Rep. Matt ...

The US has carried out 25 executions this year, with 60% concentrated in Florida, Texas, and South Carolina, while new death ...