Capital punishment remains legal throughout much of the United States. However, the form of execution does vary. These are ...

For death penalty opponents, the dramatic spike in executions last year was truly horrifying. After several years of no more than 25 executions, there were 47 executions in 2025, nearly double the ...

While capital punishment is rarely used in the U.S., other countries continue to carry out the method of final judgment. While typically reserved for the most extreme cases, some of these execution ...

Richard Randolph, a man who was convicted of sexually assaulting and killing his manager at a convenience store in 1988, was executed in Florida on Thursday night. It was the 17th death sentence ...

President Donald Trump said at an Aug. 26 Cabinet meeting that capital punishment will be sought for all murders in Washington, D.C. Trump's comments came amid his federalization of the police force ...

Executions are on the rise in the United States. After creeping upward since the coronavirus pandemic, when the country's use of the death penalty reached a historic low, the numbers have skyrocketed ...

In 2023, Florida enacted two laws that broadened capital punishment sentencing. One lowered the threshold from requiring a unanimous jury vote of 12 to 0 to a vote of 8 to 4 — the lowest in the ...

President Donald Trump said he plans to pursue reviving the death penalty in Washington for those convicted of murder amid his crime crackdown in the nation’s capital. "If somebody kills somebody in ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he wants prosecutors to pursue the death penalty in murder cases in Washington, D.C. But that idea runs headfirst into the city’s local laws, which ...

At the starting gate this month to the second session of the 136th Ohio General Assembly, hopes run low that this will be a banner year ...

We urge special counsel Cho Eun-suk to reconsider seeking the death penalty against former President Yoon prior to the delivery of the verdict and sentencing by the Seoul Central District Court on 19 ...