A recent child sex abuse case in South Florida is one of the first in the country to see a possible death sentence, raising ...

Twenty-seven former Ohio lawmakers have joined the movement to abolish the death penalty in the state, citing concerns over ...

Alabama executed Anthony Boyd using nitrogen gas, a novel execution method criticized as unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme ...

Ohio's death penalty law is in limbo. Supporters and critics agree on one thing: the status quo isn't working.

More than half of prisoners sentenced to death in the United States have been on death row for more than 18 years. Texas, ...

As the state of Alabama prepared to execute a death row inmate on Thursday with nitrogen gas, the U.S. Supreme Court's three ...

State lawmakers have taken up President Trump’s aggressive push to expand the use of the death penalty, setting up legislative and legal battles that could make a wider range of crimes subject to ...

Prosecutors say they follow Ohio's death penalty law. But critics believe political pressure has driven disparities in cases ...

The Supreme Court’s three liberal justices laid out a remarkable critique of nitrogen hypoxia executions Thursday, asserting ...

“The Tennessee State Attorney General has asked the Tennessee Supreme Court to set execution dates for the following five men…” I read that statement, took a deep breath, and read the names of the ...

After three executions in less than a year — ending a nearly 15-year pause in Indiana’s use of capital punishment — it’s not ...

Tom Cooke began his writing journey in 1986 but put his dreams on hold to provide for his family. After decades of ...