WASHINGTON, DC – The Death Penalty Information Center has reported the use of the death penalty in the United States remained ...
Marion Bowman Jr. was convicted of shooting and killing a young mother, 21 year-old Kandee Martin, in Dorchester County, South Carolina ...
People convicted of homicides represented about 56% of the population serving life without parole as of 2024, data shows. But ...
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating the death of an inmate at North Kern State Prison as a homicide, according to CDCR. Officers were conducting security rounds ...
Ben Vaughn, a beloved figure in the Nashville music community who served as the president and CEO of Warner Chappell ...
This new script is exemplified by stories of death row inmates who have been freed by revelations of injustice and of others who were executed despite strong cases for exoneration.
Florida was one of only three states to both execute someone and put more people on death row in 2024. Florida also has more wrongful convictions than any other state.
The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The number of new death sentences remained small by historical standards in ...
The proposal would link capital punishment abolishment with prohibitions on state funding for abortion or physician-assisted ...
Young cancer patients have a 62% increased risk of dying if they live in a previously “redlined” residential area, ...
The Texas Tribune reported last week that the population of Death Row and the number of executions carried out continues to ...
The death row inmate was convicted of murder in 2002 and is scheduled to be killed by lethal injection on Friday.