The president directed the attorney general to take “all appropriate action to seek the overruling” of high court precedents ...

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from a historic ruling in the case of a woman on death row for murder.

Texas has been the top executioner in the U.S. for decades, but the death penalty is declining due to legal and social factors.

The executive order calls on the attorney general to “take all appropriate action to seek the overruling of Supreme Court ...

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

Montana does allow the death penalty, although a 2015 court ruling that found the specific substance in the law has precluded ...

How Trump could implement his death penalty agenda - Trump campaigned heavily on expanding the death penalty and has asked ...

One of the executive orders issued by President Donald Trump amid the flurry of actions on his first day in office yesterday ...