The U.S. carried out 47 executions in 2025—the highest total in years—despite falling public support, fewer death sentences, ...
NH lawmakers and public commenters debate restoring death penalty as Gov. Kelly Ayotte supports return of capital punishment.
Texas is indisputably the death penalty capital of the U.S., as Gov. Gregg Abbott and the Republican-dominated Legislature ...
Death penalty opponents in Tennessee got a jump on this year’s abolition efforts by urging the state to stop all executions ...
The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee on Wednesday unanimously advanced to the full chamber House Bill 1432, authored ...
This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about the lives of death row inmates at the Polunsky Unit here and a first-person account from a reporter who ...
15 MINUTES. CAMERON. YEAH, BACK TO THE BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. OKLAHOMA DEATH ROW INMATE TRAMAINE WOOD WAS JUST SAVED FROM EXECUTION AT THE LAST MINUTE. A DRAMATIC MOVE FROM GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT ...
New Hampshire’s death penalty debate is back, as legislators try to reverse the repeal championed by late Rep. Renny Cushing ...
The California Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of one of Los Angeles’ most notorious gang leaders because of a technicality, according to MSNBC. Suggested Reading Why the Democratic ...
Clark County prosecutors are reviewing whether to seek the death penalty in a deadly crash that killed three people last month, a move that underscores how serious they believe the allegations are ...
Eaglin is arguing Florida’s new death penalty law is unconstitutional. The 2023 law makes it so a person can be sentenced to ...