North Carolina is still feeling the adverse impact of the mandatory death penalty prosecution law, despite its repeal. | ...

The proposal would link capital punishment abolishment with prohibitions on state funding for abortion or physician-assisted ...

On Wednesday, Francisco Oropeza waived his rights to a jury trial and to appeal by pleading guilty to capital murder. In ...

Ironically, as this country gets closer to abolishing death as a punishment, that progress does not bode well for the inmates ...

Ohio lawmakers plan to introduce a bill that would end the death penalty and prohibit state funding for abortions and ...

Supporters of Demetrius Frazier, a Michigan prisoner facing execution in Alabama, are asking Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to ...

Demetrius Frazier is set to die for the slaying of Pauline Brown, who was shot to death and raped in her apartment more than ...

The case was set to go before a jury in February, but on Monday a hearing was scheduled to enter a change of plea.

Capital punishment has continued to become rarer in recent years, and public opinion of the practice keeps growing dimmer ...

Oklahoma's only female death row inmate, Brenda Andrew, 61, could get another chance in court due to "sex-shaming" during her ...

"What their story shows is that redemption is possible, even in the most horrific of circumstances," Rev. Jeff Hood said of ...