A panel of three US federal judges struck down a 2023 Alabama congressional map on Thursday, stating that the map was in ...

The announcement is the latest example of a shift in the politics of the death penalty since Donald Trump returned to office.

Defendants in other high-profile death penalty cases have been down Bryan Kohberger’s road, faced with potentially making a ...

Lawmakers couldn’t agree to lift the secrecy of university presidential searches, lift labor restrictions for minors, or to ...

A new act is aiming for the federal government to pursue the death penalty in all 50 states, even where it's banned, for undocumented murderers.

It would be easier for federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against people who are in the country illegally and convicted of killing American citizens under a bill unveiled Thursday by U.S.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed bills renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in state law and textbooks. This action aligns with a previous executive order from former President ...

Nearly a half-century after the Supreme Court ruled that school spankings are permissible and not “cruel and unusual punishment,” many U.S. states allow physical punishment for students who have ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has taken another step toward formally renaming the Gulf of Mexico on state maps and documents. Senate Bill 1717, which finally passed the Texas Senate 20-11 this week ...

The team at AccuWeather has released a new map which forecasts that 33 states will face heightened risks of drought and wildfires this fall. California, which was ravaged by wildfires in January ...

However, corporal punishment is still legal in many states, and it is not yet clear whether Trump's directive might accelerate that disparity. It is also worth noting that Trump does not have ...