[From: Society’s Final Solution: A History and Discussion of the Death Penalty, Laura E. Randa, ed., University Press of America, Inc., 1997. Reprinted with ...

Sociological evidence on the deterrent effect of the death penalty as currently practiced is ambiguous, conflicting, and far from probative. Avery Cardinal Dulles, Catholicism and Capital ...

After news broke in early April 2025 that the U.S. Department of Justice would direct prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the suspect charged with killing UnitedHealthcare ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied an Austin man’s second request to review his death penalty case on the basis of questionable DNA evidence. Areli Escobar was convicted and sentenced to death in ...

Luigi Mangione, accused of killing health care CEO Brian Thompson, could face the death penalty. Experts say Mangione's case involves potential aggravating factors like alleged premeditation and ...

L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman is reversing the policy of his predecessor so prosecutors can once again consider pursuing the death penalty in certain ‘exceedingly rare’ types of ...

A bill filed in the Florida state Senate would expand the methods by which death row inmates could be executed. Senate Bill 1604, introduced by state Sen. Jonathan Martin, R-Fort Myers, aims to ...

Hochman ousted George Gascón to become district attorney last year. He was a strong opponent of the death penalty, announcing in one of his first major decisions that his office would no longer ...

The attorney general said the decision to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, who is accused of murdering an insurance executive, was in keeping with an executive order by President Trump.

So it's fair to say that Los Angeles still plays a big part in death penalty discussions nationwide, at a time when our president is pushing for greater use of it, even though the intrinsic racism ...