More than 70% of counties around the world have banned the death penalty, including the European Union. And yet in the U.S., ...

With lethal injection drugs proving both costly and difficult to obtain, a growing number of Republican lawmakers and state ...

Follow the latest Capital Punishment news, videos, and analysis from ABC News. July 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM. New execution date set for Texas man Robert Roberson in shaken baby syndrome case.

The nation set a 10-year high for capital punishment when Florida executed inmate Michael Bernard Bell by lethal injection at ...

On Tuesday, the state of Florida is set to execute Michael Bernard Bell for the 1993 murders of two people outside the ...

Bill would make murder while creating a “great risk of death” to other people eligible for capital punishment.

Thirty years ago, the film “Dead Man Walking” had its debut in movie theaters around the United States. It was a box office ...

When capital punishment was more common, it was easy to claim that people are executed because they are criminals. But now that fewer criminals receive the death penalty, that's no longer the case ...

Virginia’s decision to abolish capital punishment is a move that experts and death penalty abolition advocates is emblematic not only of the nationwide decline of capital punishment, but also a ...

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