It's been 15 years since Louisiana executed a death row prisoner. Here's when the death penalty started in Louisiana and what ...

The Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s ruling that had upheld death row inmate Richard Glossip’s murder conviction.

Efforts to repeal the death penalty have been introduced in two Republican-led states, with some lawmakers citing their Catholic faith as a factor in their opposition to capital punishment. The ...

Twenty-three states have abolished the death penalty. California should join them in ending state-sponsored executions.

During Louisiana's 15-year pause on executions, the pendulum has swung intensely for elected officials in their beliefs the death penalty and ... only murder or crimes against the state are ...

Almost 1,000 people were executed in Iran in 2024. While lawyers and activists protest against the wave of executions, rights ...

Bondi is moving quickly to reverse Biden administration policies, and right at the top of her list is the federal death penalty ... to seek death sentences against “child rapists, mass murderers ...

This change aligns with the broader global trend towards the abolition of the death penalty and the adoption of more humane punishment methods, particularly under the Convention Against Torture ...

SUPPORT NOW x Do this later Norway participates in the World Congress against the Death Penalty, which takes place every three years. It hosted the sixth World Congress Against the Death Penalty ...

The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office announced its prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a man accused of fatally shooting a Phoenix police officer in 2024. Phoenix police said ...

A death penalty for terrorists ... “the number of domestic terrorist attacks and plots against government targets motivated by partisan political beliefs in the past five years is nearly triple ...