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

“Your honor, I'm looking forward to court, and looking forward to the facts about the 14th coming out,” Boelter told Magistrate Judge Douglas Micko. Boelter affirmed that he knowingly waived his ...

Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen, who fervently sought Richard Farley’s sentence reduction, just walked away.

Dylann Roof wanted to start a race war, but I feel like there is already such a war going on, and it plays out in our ...

The high-profile assassination of a top Minnesota lawmaker and her husband​ could bring about a form of punishment long ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — There is once again a renewed push to abolish the death penalty in Ohio but this time, with a bit of a twist. The legislation, which has yet to be officially introduc… ...

Whether the death penalty should be eliminated has been the topic of debate for more than a decade at the Ohio Statehouse and Ohio Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio (D-Lakewood) has been ...

As prosecutors move to carry out Arizona’s first execution in two years, a state lawmaker is renewing her effort to abolish the death penalty.

Attorneys for the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students say the death penalty is arbitrary and unconstitutional. It’s the law of the land, prosecutors counter.

“We’ve reached the point where the death penalty ought to be abolished,” Logsdon added. Nye countered that “we’re nowhere near a national consensus that the death penalty is somehow ...