I am trying to recall when I first began to think about whether capital punishment is or is not moral. I don’t recall ...

In the 1920s and 30s, a stark white-on-black banner would sometimes appear in front of NAACP headquarters in Manhattan. It read simply, “A MAN WAS LYNCHED YESTERDAY.” The proliferating southern NAACP ...

The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The number of new death sentences remained small by historical standards in ...

About 2000 men, women, and teenagers currently wait on America's "death row." Their time grows shorter as federal and state courts increasingly ratify death penalty laws, allowing executions to ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump said Tuesday that he wants the Justice Department to seek the death penalty in all murder cases in DC — hours after the capital’s 12-day murder-free streak ended. “Anybody ...

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that his administration will seek the death penalty in all murder cases in Washington, DC, a move that could collide with longstanding city law and ...

Another concerning aspect of capital punishment that needs more attention from medical communities is the use of medical ...

Trump's remarks also come amid his deployment of more than 2,000 National Guard troops to the nation's capital, which the administration says is necessary to combat what Trump characterized as a high ...

President Donald Trump said he plans to pursue reviving the death penalty in Washington for those convicted of murder amid his crime crackdown in the nation’s capital. "If somebody kills somebody in ...

Washington — President Trump said Tuesday the federal government would seek the death penalty for murders committed in Washington, D.C. It's the latest move in a federal crackdown on crime, with ...