Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

LUCKNOW: A district court in Auraiyya, central Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday awarded capital punishment to a woman named ...

Miami-Dade Commissioner Marleine Bastien responds to a child's assault at Gwen Cherry Park, promising community safety ...

While the state leads the nation in executions, 100 Florida faith leaders call on DeSantis to pause what they call ...

Not a single jury in Oklahoma has issued a new death sentence in the past three years, a sign that public opinion has changed ...

The amendment to remove capital punishment from Delaware’s Constitution must be voted on twice consecutively by lawmakers.

The bill is now meant to give more protections to federal officers, judges and federally funded public safety officers, who ...

Chandigarh, Jul 10 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said his government will present in the state assembly a draft ...

Defense attorneys for Teresa Youngblut file a motion against the DOJ's accelerated capital punishment process after Border ...

Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, is set to be executed Sept. 5 for abducting and killing Utah mother of three Maurine Hunsaker in ...

On June 29, 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment, as then administered by individual states, was ...

The death penalty was banned in the UK under all circumstances in 1998. Since then, the debate about capital punishment has ...