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 ...

While 145 countries have abolished the death penalty, nations like Iran, Saudi Arabia, the US, and India still retain it. As ...

Although nearly three-quarters of the world's countries no longer put people to death, the penalty's use in 2024 reached record levels in states that still practice it.