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 ...

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

For the past several weeks, a major challenge to Kansas’ death penalty has been underway in a Wyandotte County murder case.

We will be a Nation of Law and Order again!” President-elect Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to seek the death penalty for the country’s worst criminals. AP Trump’s promise reupped his campaign ...

Donald Trump, reacting to Biden's death penalty commutations, promised to aggressively seek the death penalty for rapists, murderers, and drug dealers after his inauguration, vowing to restore law and ...

President Joe Biden's decision to commute the sentences of 37 death row inmates ignited a fierce debate about the morality of executions.

“Nearly 3,000 families will never be the same because of 9/11 — they have the right to see those responsible for their suffering face the death penalty,” New York’s 17th District rep adde ...

He writes that “they deserve the worst penalty our legal system allows ... country that still actively uses or allows the death penalty. In every country’s history, there are certain ...

In the final months of his first term, President-elect Donald Trump oversaw the execution of 13 death row inmates.