Roman Catholic Church leader, Archbishop Charles C. Thompson of Indianapolis, has fully endorsed House Bill 1030 to abolish ...

Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

Every week, behind a half dozen security doors that lead to Unit 2—Tennessee’s death row—Kevin Burns holds a worship service. He leads Communion, prayer, liturgy, and a sermon with men who share his ...

The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...

On Friday, a Johnston County judge found that race played a significant role in the death penalty trial of Hasson Bacote, ...

Bacote spent 15 years on death row before former Governor Roy Cooper commuted his sentence to life without parole in December ...

The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), which has consistently opposed the death penalty, maintains its stance. Speaking to La Croix International, Monsignor Donatien Nshole ...

A North Carolina judge has ruled that racial bias tainted jury selection and sentencing in the trial of a Black inmate who was sentenced to death in 2009.

In a 120-page order, Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons also ruled that race was “a significant factor” in other death ...

Frazier in his final words criticized Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for not returning him to serve out a previous life sentence in her state, which doesn't have the death penalty.

A group of child survivors behind a barbed wire fence at the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz It was 80 years ago that Soviet troops liberated the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

MANILA, Philippines — A congressman from Mindanao has filed House Bill (HB) 1211, or the proposed Death Penalty for Corruption Act, which seeks to revive capital punishment, specifically ...