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 ...

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

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 ...

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.

Defensive lineman T.J. Slaton picked up an unnecessary roughness penalty with just more than 5 minutes to go, allowing the Philadelphia Eagles to move the chains and eventually kick a field goal ...

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 ...