Fewer Americans support capital punishment. Fewer courts are handing out death sentences. And we’ve got way more executions ...

To the Esteemed Members of the Knesset, For each of the eight nights of Hanukkah this year, we, the thousands of members ...

Texas also saw counties set the fewest new execution dates in at least three decades, according to an annual report by the ...

The use of capital punishment has steadily declined in the United States since its peak in 1996, when 315 death sentences were imposed. That number had fallen to 26 by 2024. Alabama’s yearly death ...

Madison County is second on the list compiled by the nonprofit Alabama Reflector. Morgan County is in a group tied for third.

DeWine, who has prevented executions from taking place in Ohio since 2019, has said he's preparing to reveal his personal ...

Ohio’s stalled death penalty exposes the false promise of finality and the irreversible danger of wrongful executions, making ...

A majority of U.S. Catholics support the death penalty for convicted murderers in spite of Church teaching, according to a ...

So far, 11 states have carried out 45 executions this year, nearly double the number in 2024, even as public opinion ...

Frank Walls, convicted of the 1987 murders of Edward Alger and Ann Peterson, is scheduled to be put to death Thursday, Dec.

1) The death penalty will increase – not decrease – terrorist attacks.

This year, 48 people are expected to be executed in the U.S. Meanwhile, fewer new death sentences are being issued, and ...