Ford was convicted of murdering Kimberly and Gregory Malnory, whose toddler daughter was found covered in her mother's blood ...

North Carolina death row inmates may be eligible for resentencing if it is determined that a Black defendant's trial was ...

Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

I am grateful to Connecticut for banning the death penalty, but it is deeply troubling to me that Connecticut companies are ...

From the daily newsletter: an editor’s note from Daniel Zalewski. Plus: Jia Tolentino on Joan Didion on Martha Stewart; ...

A grisly case that took over national news years ago, involving a hitman hired to kill a Black Atlanta woman, now has a new development. The convicted killer is no longer sentenced to be executed.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced she will direct the DOJ to pursue the death penalty at the state level against the ...

A memo directs DOJ staff to pursue the death penalty for undocumented immigrants who have been charged with capital crimes, ...

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said crime victims and their families have waited too long for justice in the form of death penalty executions.

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...