Under Biden, officials decided not to seek capital punishment against two D.C. teens charged in a deadly carjacking. The ...

State lawmakers have taken up President Donald Trump’s aggressive push to expand the use of the death penalty, setting up ...

Trump’s latest action in Washington, D.C., revives capital punishment in a city that abolished the practice in 1981, ...

As the justices make their final preparations this week for the start of the 2025-26 term, they’ll also address the latest ...

The U.S. has seen 34 executions so far in 2025, with eight more scheduled for later this year, including seven this month ...

The Commonwealth is one of 27 states that still use capital punishment, also known as the death penalty. A Representative is ...

OK-CADP and State Sen. Nikki Nice gathered at the Oklahoma State Capitol to commemorate the World Day Against the Death ...

Florida is leading a coalition of 15 state attorneys general urging Attorney General Pam Bondi to support executions for ...

CBS News correspondent Barry Petersen recaps the emotional testimony from the families of Holmes' victims. Some in Boston are relieved that the trial of marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has ended.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a presidential memorandum seeking to reinstate the death penalty in Washington, DC, ...

The case is attracting attention from across the nation, even among supporters of capital punishment, who are calling for a ...

Ohio Attorney General David Yost is advocating for the use of nitrogen hypoxia as a method of execution in Ohio, as the state ...