Right now, there are 10 death penalty states in which no one has been executed in the past 10 years. Kentucky is one of those states, along with California, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, North ...

Vietnam has abolished the death penalty for eight crimes including espionage, graft and attempting to overthrow the government, state media said Wednesday. According to the amended law, the crimes ...

A Pepperdine University academic has nominated North Little Rock anti-capital-punishment activist Jeff Hood to receive the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, citing his "service to the condemned on death row ...

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A death penalty case long surrounded by questions has been brought to the surface again, with a new report suggesting that the 1989 execution of Carlos DeLuna killed an innocent man.

Anti-death penalty activists place signs along the road heading to Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., ahead of the scheduled execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.

The group Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty visited the state capitol Monday, where Rev. Jeff Hood said that Wainwright is more than the crimes he’s accused of committing.

The California Anti-Death Penalty Coalition said converting all death penalty sentences to life without parole would help Newsom cement his legacy. Dozens of supporters gathered for a news ...

Right now, there are 10 death penalty states in which no one has been executed in the past 10 years. Kentucky is one of those states, along with California, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, North ...

Vietnam has abolished the death penalty for eight crimes including espionage, graft and attempting to overthrow the government, state media said Wednesday. The number of offences facing capital ...

Its death penalty history dates back to 1780, before it was granted statehood, when it carried out its first judicially authorized execution. Since then, Kentucky has gone on to set the record for ...