Until this year, death penalty executions had been dwindling across the nation. The sudden spike now is unusual, experts say.Forty-four people on death row have been executed so far this year, and ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed 15 death warrants this year in the state with the second-largest death row population.

Arizona is set to kill its second death row prisoner this year, but experts warn his execution could be torturous. On Friday, the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry will ...

His case marks only the second time Gov. Kevin Stitt has commuted a death sentence since entering office in 2019.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An appellate court won't halt the upcoming lethal injection of an Alabama inmate who had asked to be put to death with nitrogen gas. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on ...

Thumbing its nose at my argument in The Tennessean, in 2019, that “There are many facts that clearly show the death penalty should be obsolete,” Tennessee is set to execute folks again. As The ...

Ohio's death penalty law is in limbo. Supporters and critics agree on one thing: the status quo isn't working.