On behalf of the Virginia Justice and Witness Action Network (of the Central Atlantic Conference, United Church of Christ), we write to urge support for legislation to abolish the death penalty in ...

Reforms have been implemented in Texas and other states to avoid mistakes that send innocent people to death row. However, ...

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

Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

While the global trend toward abolishing the death penalty continues, the number of executions worldwide rose in 2024.

Nigerian governors are not willing to sign off on the execution of condemned criminals, even as findings by LEADERSHIP ...

In 2024, Rosen decided that he was no longer going to seek the death penalty, noting that the death penalty is racially ...

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT By inches, the death penalty is dying in the U.S. It has been abolished or drastically restricted in 13 states. U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark has publicly stated his ...

A group of 30 Kurdish fighters have ceremonially burned their weapons in northern Iraq, marking a major step toward ending a ...

A coalition of former attorneys general, judges, and prosecutors have filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP and first lady Melania Trump touched down in Kerrville, Texas, on Friday to view the aftermath of the deadly ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...