The Supreme Court has acquitted a death row prisoner convicted for raping a girl whose body was found in 2014 and said “hasty” application of capital punishment undermines the rule of law. A bench of ...

With the manhunt ongoing for Charlie Kirk’s killer, Utah’s Republican Gov. Spencer Cox warned Wednesday that “we still have ...

Zimbabwe abolished the death penalty in December 2024, but a survey shows citizens remain divided on capital punishment.

Bench says slightest doubt must weigh against capital punishment in cases based on circumstantial evidence, while overturning ...

An Indiana lawmaker has reversed their support for the death penalty after reflection and a Supreme Court decision.

President Donald Trump called for the suspect in the killing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska to face the death penalty ...

The status of the death penalty in North Carolina could receive renewed attention after President Trump called for the ...

While it is not unusual for presidents to speak out about high-profile killings, they typically do not publicly urge ...

President Donald Trump is expected to push federal prosecutors in Washington to seek the death penalty in murder cases, ...

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett detailed her struggle between personal beliefs and judicial duty in an excerpt from ...

Journalist Elizabeth Bruenig has spent years reporting on the death penalty. In 2020, she started witnessing the executions ...