A horrific crime leads to get-tough policies to ensure the tragedy never happens again. That happened in 2018, after a ...

Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, a former prosecutor of child abuse cases, is reintroducing a bill he filed last year to impose ...

Foreign defendants are rarely sent to the United States if they might face death, and America’s use of capital punishment has ...

Opponents of capital punishment on Friday called on Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to reverse Arkansas' decision to allow ...

The article reports on prosecutors seeking the death penalty for YouTuber "Sin City Manny," charged with murdering two ...

On his final day in office in December, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper issued clemency to 15 people on death row. The N&O ...

Newly released Idaho State Police documents reveal Bryan Kohberger supported capital punishment in classroom discussions ...

Our state leads the nation in putting killers to death this year, but no one really believes death sentences are working.

Robert Bowers, who murdered 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, was tried in federal court. There was no ...

A judge has ruled that prosecutors can pursue the death penalty against Kohberger if he is convicted, despite the defendant's recent autism diagnosis. (Ted S. Warren, Associated Press) 1 photo ...

Coincidentally, it was exactly one year ago that Californians got the first comprehensive report on exactly how dysfunctional and expensive the death penalty system already is. On June 30, 2008 the bi ...

Rep. Karen Yarbrough and other supporters made clear, concise points in favor of repeal. They noted that the state has spent more than $100 million over the past decade prosecuting death penalty cases ...