Record number of executions in Saudi Arabia and drugs crackdown in Iran offset broader global trend away from capital punishment ...

The practice of "death qualification" allows prosecutors to dismiss potential jurors who oppose the death penalty, raising concerns about fairness, racial exclusion and the integrity of capital juries ...

Rev. Hillary Taylor, executive director of South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, speaks at the South Carolina State House and asks Gov. Henry McMaster to grant clemency to Khalil ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A federal judge has ruled for the second time that Missouri's death penalty procedures were unconstitutional. The ruling issued Monday by U.S. District Judge Fernando Gaitan Jr.

A proposal seeks to classify abortion as criminal homicide, potentially subjecting women to severe charges, including the death penalty.

West Virginia lawmakers have introduced legislation that would reinstate capital punishment for the first time in nearly 70 years, but only for specific crimes — first-degree murder of minors age 16 ...

California issued a stay of execution for Michael Angelo Morales in 2006, sparking a debate about the ethical implications of ...

GOP lawmakers circulated a memo to reinstate the death penalty for certain child sex crimes, setting DNA and appeal rules.