Gov. Roy Cooper is the first governor in the history of North Carolina’s modern death penalty to commute more than two death penalty cases. | Opinion ...

Aaron Brian Gunches' execution would mark a resumption of Arizona's use of the death penalty after a two-year pause while it reviewed its procedures.

(The Center Square) – An Arizona Democratic lawmaker is seeking to let voters decide if the death penalty could be legal in 2026 ... who commit heinous crimes should be locked away, and victims ...

A chorus of supporters and critics have emerged following the commutation of nearly every federal death row inmate by ...

As a state prosecutor and district attorney, I became keenly aware that the death penalty does not serve victims or our ...

Joe Biden believes the death penalty "must stop" at the federal level, except for those guilty of terrorism and mass murder motivated by hate, the White House said. Biden is commuting the death ...

I agree with them. Biden may not be able to end the federal death penalty, but he can and should ensure that no one currently ...

If he cannot discharge the duties of his office for religious reasons, Biden should resign. It’s not the president’s job to nullify federal laws. Abraham Lincoln hated the death penalty and ...

Today's guest is Sister Helen Prejean, a Catholic nun famous for her activism against the death penalty. In the early 1980s, Prejean met a prisoner on death row—Elmo Patrick Sonnier—after an ...

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