Thirty years ago, the film “Dead Man Walking” had its debut in movie theaters around the United States. It was a box office ...

Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, is set to be executed Sept. 5 for abducting and killing Utah mother of three Maurine Hunsaker in ...

While the state leads the nation in executions, 100 Florida faith leaders call on DeSantis to pause what they call ...

Defense attorneys for Teresa Youngblut file a motion against the DOJ's accelerated capital punishment process after Border ...

The amendment to remove capital punishment from Delaware’s Constitution must be voted on twice consecutively by lawmakers.

The bill is now meant to give more protections to federal officers, judges and federally funded public safety officers, who ...

Trying to end capital punishment state-by-state was difficult at best, so death penalty abolitionists turned much of their efforts to the courts. They finally succeeded on June 29, 1972 in the ...

Miami-Dade Commissioner Marleine Bastien responds to a child's assault at Gwen Cherry Park, promising community safety ...

LUCKNOW: A district court in Auraiyya, central Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday awarded capital punishment to a woman named Priyanka for killing her three sons, all aged six years and below, at the instance ...

More than 100 Florida faith leaders signed a letter pleading with Gov. Ron DeSantis to pause the fast pace of executions in ...

Florida may carry out more executions in 2025 than in any other year in recent history. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed nine ...