So far, 11 states have carried out 45 executions this year, nearly double the number in 2024, even as public opinion ...
(NewsNation) — The death penalty in the United States remains a critical topic, and it’s now become apparent states across the country are enacting different policies for what they see fit. According ...
South Carolina's execution of Stephen Bryant has reignited debate over the use of the firing squad, which is authorized in ...
Corrections staff dismantle the death row lethal injection facility at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., in 2019 after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a moratorium on the state’s ...
Within hours of the assassination of Charlie Kirk last week, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox began talking about pursuing the death penalty in the case. President Trump expressed his support for the move early ...
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union released Fatal Flaws: Innocence, Race and Wrongful Convictions today, a new report exposing how racism, human error, and systemic failures have made ...
The Knesset is considering a bill that would instate the death penalty as a punishment for convicted terrorists in Israel. Passing it would be an enormous mistake. Allowing executions in the Jewish ...
States are moving in sharply different directions on the death penalty, with some looking to broaden when and how executions occur while others try to scale them back or end them entirely. Lawmakers ...