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 ...

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 ...

Community members came together to protest the death penalty as the conversation ramps up over its legality in North Carolina ...

Even America’s harshest federal prison, where inmates spend 23 hours a day in solitary confinement, was too good, one official said. “I’ve got no problem with gruel.” ...

Thirty-five men have died by court-ordered executions in the U.S. so far this year, including one early Friday, with seven ...

The increase in executions is largely being driven by four states — Florida, Texas, Alabama and South Carolina — that have ...