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, ...

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 ...

The Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (OK-CADP) is hosting a discussion with State Sen. Nikki Nice and other ...

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.

Even after all of its misconduct and mistakes have become public knowledge, the state is not convinced that it should spare ...

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

Only a tiny fraction of those condemned to death in the United States are women. Yet their stories reveal how gender, trauma, ...

Luigi Mangione is fighting a federal death penalty charge in the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson. On Friday, his lawyers asked his judge to find the death penalty unconstitutional. The filing starts ...

Luigi Mangione's lawyers urged a judge on Saturday to bar federal prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, arguing that authorities prejudiced ...