Among the slew of executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on his first day in office, he signed one order calling to reinstate the death penalty for federal death row inmates. However, ...
Two federal death row inmates are asking to be exempted from outgoing President Joe Biden’s order commuting their sentences ...
On Truth Social Tuesday, Trump said that as soon as he is in office, he will "direct the Justice Department to vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from ...
With five prisoners executed in one week, the U.S. marked 1,600 executions since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. Nine U.S. states have carried out 25 executions this year ...
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Death-penalty abolitionists say this inherently atrocious penalty never fits any crime. Proponents consider it appropriate punishment for “the worst of the worst,” a category democratic ...