A new report by the Death Plenty Information Center finds that new death sentences are on the decline in the U.S. in 2025, ...

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

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

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

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

Time and again, mass murderers plead for life without parole to avoid execution. Without the threat of the death penalty, ...

Over 100 faith leaders across the state are urging Gov. Ron DeSantis to halt death penalty executions as Florida nears a ...

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

On 17 December last year, the High Court declared illegal the 15th amendment, which abolished the caretaker government system ...