SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- An Illinois House committee voted Thursday to abolish the death penalty, raising the stakes in the long debate over how to respond to flaws in the state's ...

By refusing mercy, the State will now carry out the senseless killing of John Hanson.” responded Rev. Don Heath, Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Chair.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Death row inmate John Hanson’s execution is set to proceed after the Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Oklahoma denied his petition to stop it.This comes after a judge ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – An Indiana lawmaker wants to see the state abolish the death penalty now that Gov. Mike Braun says executions are on pause. Braun said he has no intention of purchasing ...

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An Indiana man convicted in the 2000 fatal shooting of a police officer is set to receive a lethal injection this week in the state's second execution in 15 years.

Death Penalty Action said it plans on submitting a petition with at least 2,500 signatures to Gov. Braun’s office asking him to reconsider his decision not to grant Ritchie clemency. Ritchie is ...

The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled on May 1 that a man on death row has exhausted all his legal remedies and set an execution date, yet the U.S. Supreme Court has not responded to a petition to ...

Ritchie will exhaust one of his last options to avoid the death penalty on Monday. Public records indicate the Indiana Parole Board will hear his case for clemency at 11 a.m. at the Indiana State ...

Former Gov. George Ryan, who halted state’s death penalty but was imprisoned for corruption, dies at 91 Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook ...

Death penalty lawyer David Bruck admits he made many mistakes during Dylann Roof’s death penalty trial for the Charleston church killings.