The U.S. directed prosecutors to not seek capital punishment for three reputed drug lords, including one in a DEA agent's ...

Newly released Idaho State Police documents reveal Bryan Kohberger supported capital punishment in classroom discussions ...

Florida has already carried out nine executions in 2023, surpassing any other US state. Texas and South Carolina currently ...

Ahead of Byron Black's execution on August 5, it's time to re-examine the horrors of capital punishment and Tennesseans' role ...

Bryan Kohberger allegedly supported the death penalty, despite later trying to avoid it through a plea deal in his murder ...

Opponents of capital punishment on Friday called on Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to reverse Arkansas' decision to allow ...

Our state leads the nation in putting killers to death this year, but no one really believes death sentences are working.

On his final day in office in December, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper issued clemency to 15 people on death row. The N&O ...

Williams killed her daughter "in a cold, calculated, and premediated manner without any pretense of moral or legal ...

Opinion Capital punishment might satisfy retributivist instincts. But it’s still unjust and should be abolished.

Capital punishment has long been used in the U.S. as “the ultimate deterrent and only proper punishment for the vilest crimes.

More: South Dakota has used capital punishment since 1877. It’s showing no signs of stopping now. Former Vermillion Sen. Arthur Rusch, a retired judge, was in support of repealing the death penalty.