In theory, the death penalty is reserved for “the worst of the worst.” In practice, it is very different. People who are ...

Florida's death row population is shrinking. The only two women awaiting the death sentence are both from the Pensacola area.

"As I mourn the loss of my friend, I find myself returning to Pyth's final counsel: not to let anger take hold and not to let ...

Florida's death row population is shrinking. Learn about the only biological woman, Tina Brown, and trans woman Jenna Rodgers ...

A bipartisan group of Missouri lawmakers and religious leaders want to abolish the death penalty, citing its financial and human costs.

A man convicted of killing a police officer 35 years ago was executed Tuesday, making him Florida’s third execution of the ...

Anti-capital punishment advocates say the death penalty is costlier to taxpayers than life in prison because many defendants appeal their sentences, and the appeals process can force victims’ families ...

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Prominent rap artists and music industry figures have filed amicus briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of James ...

A Las Vegas man accused of killing a doctor and wounding five other people during an allegedly hate-driven mass shooting at a Laguna Woods church in 2022 was moved from county to federal custody this ...

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Charles "Sonny" Burton, a 75-year-old man who was on death row for ...