Confronting a national tragedy, thoughtful leaders need to maintain a degree of perspective. It is fitting to express disapproval, and to share sympathy with those impacted. But one shouldn’t be ...

Victims of the inmates include a family of four, a college student kidnapped from her bedroom, and a state trooper who was ambushed in his driveway.

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 ...

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 ...