Trump's administration has been pushing for the death penalty, but judges are blocking attempts to reverse previous decisions ...

New Delhi- Article 32 of the Constitution empowers the court to reopen sentencing in cases of capital punishment on grounds ...

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

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

President Trump's administration endeavors to reverse death penalty decisions made by predecessors, but faces significant ...

The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism wrote that the death penalty is a “stain upon civilization and our religious ...

Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, has become a less frequently used penalty over the years, but it is still in effect in several states. For the fifth straight year, fewer than ...

Thirteen other states have effectively abandoned the death penalty in practice, though the law allowing the use of capital punishment remains on the books. The governors of Oregon, Pennsylvania, and ...

Sixty percent of death sentences in the state have been reversed since 1972, according to data from Justice 360, a statewide nonprofit working to reform policies and practices in capital ...

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 ...

On paper, thirty-two states and the federal government currently allow capital punishment. But in practice, the death penalty has been largely abandoned throughout most of the United States.