Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, a former prosecutor of child abuse cases, is reintroducing a bill he filed last year to impose ...

Newly released Idaho State Police documents reveal Bryan Kohberger supported capital punishment in classroom discussions ...

Lynching didn't disappear with America's last public execution in Owensboro, KY — the practice went underground.

Ahead of Byron Black's execution on August 5, it's time to re-examine the horrors of capital punishment and Tennesseans' role ...

Bryan Kohberger allegedly supported the death penalty, despite later trying to avoid it through a plea deal in his murder ...

Florida continues capital punishment record with execution date for triple murderer - The execution would mark the 12th scheduled in Florida this year ...

The Reform movement’s Washington-based advocacy arm is urging Attorney General Pam Bondi not to seek the death penalty for ...

Robert Bowers, who murdered 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, was tried in federal court. There was no ...

On his final day in office in December, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper issued clemency to 15 people on death row. The N&O ...

Opinion Capital punishment might satisfy retributivist instincts. But it’s still unjust and should be abolished.

Capital punishment has long been used in the U.S. as “the ultimate deterrent and only proper punishment for the vilest crimes.