A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mouthed one final message before being put to death in Texas on ...

A federal judge has ruled against a man on Georgia’s death row who argued that lethal injection could cause him excruciating ...

During Thursday's general assembly session, three state senators introduced SB 94 with a short, direct title: Repeal Death ...

A Republican legislator made a public plea Monday for his bill to abolish Indiana's death penalty, arguing that the state's ...

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has said the decision to abolish death penalty ultimately lies with the Nigerians. Kalu said this when a delegation from the ...

The statement said, “Our organization has maintained an anti-death penalty stance since our founding, but this ‘bait and switch’ bill is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, slyly designed to limit ...

(The Center Square) – The ACLU of Ohio is pushing back against an expected bill that would ban the death penalty in the state, saying it also restricts money for abortion medications. The bipartisan ...

The ACLU of Ohio opposes the bill. "Our organization has maintained an anti-death penalty stance since our founding, but this 'bait and switch' bill is a wolf in sheep's clothing, slyly designed ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a sweeping execution order Monday on the death penalty that directs ... that authorize capital punishment against those who commit horrible ...

Ohio lawmakers who want to end the death penalty are testing a new strategy: Pairing their proposal with a ban on taxpayer-funded abortions. A group of Republicans and Democrats plan to introduce ...

In a statement, Biden stated that his decision to commute death row prisoners is consistent with his stance against the death penalty and that he does not consider these commutations as any sort of ...