President Donald Trump's administration has been pushing for the death penalty, but judges are blocking attempts to reverse ...

President Trump's administration endeavors to reverse death penalty decisions made by predecessors, but faces significant ...

The Reform movement’s Washington-based advocacy arm is urging Attorney General Pam Bondi not to seek the death penalty for ...

Director of Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism sends letter to US attorney general calling capital punishment 'a stain upon civilization and our religious conscience' ...

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Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, has become a less frequently used penalty over the years, but it is still in effect in several states. For the fifth straight year, fewer ...

The mother of 5-year-old Missy Mogle could now face the death penalty if convicted of her daughter’s murder. Missy was ...

Thirteen other states have effectively abandoned the death penalty in practice, though the law allowing the use of capital punishment remains on the books. The governors of Oregon, ...

Foreign defendants are rarely sent to the United States if they might face death, and America’s use of capital punishment has ...

Sixty percent of death sentences in the state have been reversed since 1972, according to data from Justice 360, a statewide nonprofit working to reform policies and practices in capital ...

On his final day in office in December, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper issued clemency to 15 people on death row. The N&O ...