Anne Taylor asked the judge in a slew of motions to remove capital punishment as an option using the same legal playbook that ...

Human rights groups accuse Iran's leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of using capital punishment as a tool following nationwide ...

The Biden administration on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind ...

President-elect Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted ...

In its history, the Granite State has executed 26 people. In 2019, New Hampshire ended capital punishment. Was that the right ...

President Biden’s commutation of 37 federal death row inmates has reignited the national debate over capital punishment. In ...

President Biden’s commutation of the death sentences of 37 out of 40 men on federal death row in advance of a Trump ...

Zimbabwe has officially abolished the death penalty after a 20-year hiatus, joining the growing list of countries moving away from capital punishment. In this video, we explore which countries have ...

Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty, a widely expected move in a country that last carried out the punishment nearly two decades ago ...

David Ware, for the slaying of a Tulsa police officer. A handful of death-penalty cases are pending, including in ...

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), under the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, has released its annual ...