Fresh from a trip to the White House, state Rep. Matt Simpson on Thursday renewed his charge to expand use of the death penalty.

Luigi Mangione's defense team is asking a federal judge to throw out the possibility of the death penalty in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Change of direction: researchers found that the “pivot penalty” increases the further away a researcher shifts from their previous topic of research (courtesy: istock/merovingian) Scientists who ...

Each death penalty case is autho­rized by the DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C., in con­sul­ta­tion with local U.S. Attorney offices, who prosecute the cases.

Lengthy prison sentences can be as effective as the death penalty in deterring homicides, according to new University of Limerick, Ireland research. The study, published in the Southern Economic ...

Idaho quadruple murder suspect Bryan Kohberger might avoid the death penalty if convicted because of leaked evidence, a former prosecutor suggested. Kohberger is accused of killing Madison Mogen ...

The death penalty is far from disappearing as a punishment measure in the world. According to the latest Amnesty International report, released this morning, 1,518 people were executed in 2024 in ...

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, a group opposed to capital punishment, Passaro's execution was one of seven "volunteer" executions in 2002, where death-row prisoners ...

And support for the death penalty is down nationally, at 53% in a 2024 Gallup poll, from a high of 80% in 1994. The system is being upheld by politicians who say, “It’s the law, and we must ...