In Kansas, Judge Bill Klapper concluded that “The scientific community has found no reliable evidence of the death penalty ...

Death penalty executions in the U.S. and worldwide increased in 2024 over the previous year according to a new Amnesty ...

"Bigger picture, this may reflect a shift in DOJ policy where they will seek the death penalty in blue states that have a moratorium on or have an outright ban on capital punishment." On Wednesday ...

Michael Lynn Davis will not face the death penalty in the capital murder trial for the death of Jamea Harris. Davis' trial is scheduled to begin May 5th. The state also will not seek the death ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on the death penalty in 2019, and the last prisoner executed in the state was in 2006. The governor's term ends in January 2027 and he isn't ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Death penalty cases here in South Carolina have resumed over the last year after a 13-year hiatus, sparking conversations and debate around the act of taking a human life.