Texas also saw counties set the fewest new execution dates in at least three decades, according to an annual report by the ...

Fewer Americans support capital punishment. Fewer courts are handing out death sentences. And we’ve got way more executions ...

So far, 11 states have carried out 45 executions this year, nearly double the number in 2024, even as public opinion ...

Despite an uptick in executions in the U.S. in 2025, opponents of the death penalty lauded decreases in new death sentences ...

Catholics and pro-life conservatives formed a coalition of more than 50 organizations seeking to end the death penalty.

A coalition of anti-death penalty groups has united to end capital punishment state by state and just as U.S. executions are ...

South Carolina's execution of Stephen Bryant has reignited debate over the use of the firing squad, which is authorized in ...

ELON, N.C. — Update: On the deadline, Fri., Oct. 3, Gov. Josh Stein signed Iryna's Law. The clock is ticking on the fate of capital punishment, in a controversial bill Gov. Josh Stein has until Friday ...

A coalition of more than 50 organizations cite declining public support for the death penalty while Ohio lawmakers debate ...

States are moving in sharply different directions on the death penalty, with some looking to broaden when and how executions occur while others try to scale them back or end them entirely.

DeWine promised almost a year ago to make some sort of announcement about Ohio's death penalty, but he's been silent since.