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

Trump in his order describes the death penalty as an “essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the ...

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

Trump falsely claimed that restoring the federal death penalty was necessary in order to deter violent crimes.

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

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

Supreme Court justices have sent Brenda Andrew's death penalty conviction back to a lower court for reconsideration after ...

In a move that has sparked debate, President Donald Trump granted a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk ...

Idaho has not carried out any executions by firing squads and a facility for such executions needs to be built. It is among the states that have turned to alternative methods after struggling to ...

Donald Trump signed orders dealing with the border, criminal justice and the Biden administration. In many cases, he assigned ...

DEATH penalty by firing squad has been proposed at the House of Representatives for public officials -- from the President to ...

Judge rules against death penalty in doctor’s rape-murder case; victim’s family and medical community demand probe into ...