The Associated Press and four other media organizations have filed a federal lawsuit in Indiana seeking media access to the ...

The response of death penalty states to botched executions is to enact new laws hiding much of the execution process from the public.

Voters don’t just prefer preventative policies— they also reject the notion that punitive measures make communities safe. In ...

The man scheduled for execution this month in Tennessee has declined to choose an execution method, which is what stopped ...

Tennessee has plenty of prison space to incarcerate the “worst of the worst,” saving Tennesseans a whole heap of money in ...

Some executions are believed to be more painful than others and experts have weighed in on what would be one of the most ...

Under Governor Gavin Newsom's administration, California has shifted its death row policy, transferring condemned individuals ...

The State of North Carolina has not executed a death row inmate in 19 years.

Shortly after taking office in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled.

Idaho won’t be able to carry out the death penalty until prison officials improve what execution witnesses can hear and see ...