The use of capital punishment has steadily declined in the United States since its peak in 1996, when 315 death sentences were imposed. That number had fallen to 26 by 2024. Alabama’s yearly death ...
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a Black death row inmate from Mississippi whose case was handled by a ...
This year, 48 people are expected to be executed in the U.S. Meanwhile, fewer new death sentences are being issued, and ...