However, only three individuals remain on federal death row after former President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 people on Dec. 23 and instead sentenced them to lif ...
A Connecticut man who was convicted in one of the state’s most notorious murder cases was one of the nearly 2,500 people whose federal drug-related prison sentences were commuted by former President ...
The order shows the president’s desire for more executions. But it’s unclear how the administration will carry out its plans, ...
The order is a reminder that Americans live in two different worlds regarding the government’s use of the ultimate punishment ...
Some of Trump's executive orders have an immediate policy impact. Others are more symbolic. Some already are being challenged ...
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from a historic ruling in the case of a woman on death row for murder.
Trump, upon taking office on Monday, signed a series of executive orders that included tough restrictions on immigration, a ...
President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities.
As state leaders continue to take steps towards carrying out their first execution in years, President Donald Trump is taking action regarding capital punishment in his first days in office.
Donald Trump signed orders dealing with the border, criminal justice and the Biden administration. In many cases, he assigned ...
Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a ...
The executive order calls on the attorney general to “take all appropriate action to seek the overruling of Supreme Court ...