Roy Ward’s execution in Illinois was the 35th in the U.S. in 2025, with Florida leading the way with 13 executions this year.

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

An American basketball player possibly faces the death penalty or a lengthy prison sentence after being arrested in Indonesia ...

Christa Gail Pike, 49, will become the first woman put to death in Tennessee in more than 200 years if her execution proceeds ...

Americans have generally endorsed the death penalty, though the gap between those who favor it and those who don’t has shrunk to 10 points.

Thirty-four men have died by court-ordered executions in the U.S. so far this year, and eight others are scheduled to be put ...

Outrage over the killing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, is not letting up. On Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the death penalty ...

A woman in Tennessee has been scheduled for execution next year. Have any women been out to death in Florida? Yes, and one is famous.

The US made history in August as it executed its first-ever prisoner in 15 years by firing squad in what was only the fourth ...

Decarlos Brown Jr. has been charged with killing Iryna Zarutska on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, in August.

Women make up just 2% of the US death row population, yet their cases expose deep gender disparities shaped by trauma, ...

Global Affairs Canada says deteriorating stability worldwide is causing a massive expansion in the work required to protect ...