Edward Zakrzewski and his wife Sylvia had been going through marital problems; he had told a neighbor that he would rather ...

A group of lawyers who defend people facing capital punishment has asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to take extraordinary ...

Under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida has executed more people so far this year than any other state, setting a new ...

Florida is leading the way at a time when U.S. executions are also higher than they were last year. Including Bell, 26 people ...

Florida is an outlier for capital punishment, even in the South. Of the five states to execute people in 2023, Florida leads Alabama, which carried out two death sentences, and is second to Texas ...

INDIANA – Indiana is set to execute Roy Lee Ward on October 10th for the 2001 rape and murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne.

After more than three decades, Byron Black, 69, is set to be executed for the Nashville triple murder of Angela Clay and her two daughters.

Their legislation, originally sponsored in the Alabama House in the 2025 regular session, would have given prosecutors ...

Furthermore, my examination of morality shows that capital punishment is not only a just institution, but that in many cases, the state is morally required to obey the will of an individual.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. ( WBRC) - Two lawmakers in Alabama continue to push for the death penalty in certain sex crimes against children. Senator April Weaver and Representative Matt Simpson say the horrific ...

When capital punishment was more common, it was easy to claim that people are executed because they are criminals. But now that fewer criminals receive the death penalty, that's no longer the case ...