Our state leads the nation in putting killers to death this year, but no one really believes death sentences are working.

Nearly a year since a Kentucky judge was gunned down in his courthouse chambers, the issue of whether bond is justified for the former sheriff charged in the killing remains unsettled as he awaits ...

Before Arizona’s latest execution, which was carried out in March, the average length of stay on death row for the last six inmates who were executed was just over 25 years.