In a decision on Thursday, the Supreme Court of Florida denied an attempt by a Putnam County man to have his death penalty overturned. Mark Wilson was sentenced to death in 2023 after a three-day ...

Like me, he opposed the death penalty — not out of naivety, but because justice must leave room for grace. Capital punishment is violence dressed as justice — a relic we claim to have outgrown ...

but now the new drug meant to restart the death penalty is raising new red flags among critics. Gov. Bill Lee paused all executions in April 2022 after discovering issues with the state’s death ...

A judge has struck down federal prosecutors’ plan to pursue the death penalty in a Reno case after they said they would not seek capital punishment during the Biden administration, then reversed ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee is set to execute the first inmate under its new death penalty protocol next week, and some critics argue the new protocol is worse than before.

State Attorney Jack Campbell confirmed that he intends to seek the death penalty against the man accused of killing two people and injuring five others in the April 17 mass shooting at Florida ...

DOVER, DE- Death penalty abolitionists rallied at Legislative Hall on Tuesday, calling on lawmakers to support House Bill 35, which would permanently enshrine the state's ban on capital punishment ...

Louisiana has a long and troubled death penalty history. From 1976 to 2015, 80% of the state’s capital sentences were reversed on appeal, and 12 people have been exonerated from its death row.