The death penalty is arbitrary, capricious, more expensive than non-capital incarcerations and poisoned by racial bias. The ...

Robert Roberson’s case only scratches the surface of the multitude of faults that permeate this system of death in Texas.

If Biden’s federal death row commutations had been based on principle, they would have been made right away when Biden took ...

It is hard to believe Jesus would execute anyone. Jesus' message was one of compassion and mercy, even as he hung on the ...

President Biden’s sweeping use of the pardon power should remove any objections to the next administration’s expected ...

Donald Trump, reacting to Biden's death penalty commutations, promised to aggressively seek the death penalty for rapists, ...

An Arizona death row prisoner has asked the state’s highest court to skip legal formalities and schedule his execution ...

The president stated that the commutations are consistent with the moratorium his administration has imposed on federal ...

Countries that retain the death penalty often argue that the public supports it. In Zimbabwe, research helped challenge this narrative.

The famed civil rights champion Bryan Stevenson said that Biden’s decision sends “a strong message to Americans that the death penalty is not the answer to our country’s concerns about ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — At least 23 Congolese soldiers are facing the death penalty or 10 to 20 years in prison following their arraignment on Monday for alleged rape, desertion and other crimes ...