Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a ...

There is neither a better time nor occasion than the Jubilee Year to abolish the death penalty in the United States, ...

Mark Weaver’s opinion editorial Jan. 2 misses the point on the death penalty: the problem isn’t just how the system is or isn’t working for victims’ families — it’s the death penalty itself. This ...

Brenda Andrew was convicted of murder in a 2004 trial where prosecutors presented evidence about her sex life.

In my experience, juries in death penalty cases are thoughtful and meticulous in one of the most difficult duties a citizen ...

A Republican lawmaker wants Arizona voters to allow executions by firing squad because, he says, riddling convicts with bullets is 'always humane.' ...

The death penalty is arbitrary, capricious, more expensive than non-capital incarcerations and poisoned by racial bias. The ...

The Kolkata court sentenced Sanjay Roy, a former Kolkata Police civic volunteer, to imprisonment till death after he was ...

Hope could very well be the defining force behind the drive to abolish capital punishment: hope for redemption, hope for ...

Mandauehanons have expressed varying opinions regarding the proposed House Bill imposing the death penalty on corrupt ...