"Even as we pray for the repose of the souls of the victims and for the consolation of their survivors, we urge you to spare ...

The prelates urged Gov. DeSantis to spare Curtis Windom’s life, affirming every human life is sacred despite past crimes ...

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

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

Florida’s ramp-up in executions is happening at the same time public support for the death penalty is at its lowest level in ...

Siegleman spotlighted two recent people condemned to death; Curtis Windom and Kayle Bates, both of whom are Black. He also ...

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

The Reform movement’s Washington-based advocacy arm is urging Attorney General Pam Bondi not to seek the death penalty for ...

Williams killed her daughter "in a cold, calculated, and premediated manner without any pretense of moral or legal justification," prosecutors wrote. The post 'Dangerous mother' accused of stomping ...

If Pew had only reported its phone poll results last summer, it would have shown that support for capital punishment was down to 52 percent, more than 20 percentage points off its high in the ...

Capital punishment violates one of the most fundamental principles under widely accepted human rights law—that states must recognize the right to life.

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 ...