Until this year, death penalty executions had been dwindling across the nation. The sudden spike now is unusual, experts say. Forty-five people on death row have been executed so far this year, and ...

Forty-four death row inmates across the U.S. have been executed this year, reaching a level not seen in more than a decade.

The U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty, a coalition of over 50 organizations, has been launched to abolish capital ...

Utah inmate Ralph Menzies died of natural causes after his execution was blocked after he developed dementia during his ...

Charles Ray Crawford is scheduled for execution in October 2025 for the 1993 kidnapping and murder of a Mississippi college student. Lawyers are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the execution, ...

Florida has sentenced 117 veterans to death, the most of any state. It has executed seven in this year alone. As the Death ...

As executions remain paused, Ohio lawmakers debate competing bills that would either repeal the death penalty or expand how ...

Rep. Russ Diamond, a Republican for parts of Lebanon County, wants to abolish the death penalty in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania reinstated the death penalty in 1978, and since then three people have ...

Thirty one United Nations (UN) member countries have recommended that Malawi abolishes the death penalty, which has remained a sticky issue for decades. The recommendation was made following a review ...

Former UN Human Rights Adviser, Professor Uche Emelonye says prevention, not harsher punishment, is key to reducing kidnappings.

One of the most heavily debated new laws going into effect Monday is what sponsors call "Iryna's Law," which makes it harder ...