Nevertheless, the death penalty remains cruel no matter the method. The death penalty’s flaws are well established. It does not reduce crime or make us safer.

December 20, 2024 • Anti-death penalty advocates hope President Biden will grant clemency to 40 people on federal death row. He has already commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and ...

"They are alleging that the death penalty as it is currently used is unconstitutional and should not be used in Mr. Kohberger's case because it's not consistent with evolving standards of decency ...

The death penalty in America is a policy past its sell date; it's time for it to end. It does not solve or prevent crime, or bind up the emotional wounds of victims or families.

But the death penalty is still on the books at the federal level, as well as in 27 states. Mr. Biden’s Justice Department ordered a moratorium on federal executions in 2021, putting a pause on ...

Between 1991 and 2019, eight prisoners were executed by injection. Today, legal injection is the only legal execution method in the state. Removal of rape from list of death penalty crimes ...

Is death for inmates by a firing squad or electric chair a form of “cruel and unusual punishment”? That’s the question before South Carolina’s Supreme Court as it is set to hear arguments on February ...

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.

Since 1976, when the death penalty was reinstated by the US Supreme Court, states have executed 1,610 people (as of February 12, 2025). Since 1973, there have been 200 death row exonerations.

The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) today tackled one case on the death penalty and is on to the next. The biggest news from SCOTUS was the 7 ? 2 ruling that Kentucky’s method of lethal injection was a ...

Lippincott said voters reinstated the death penalty in 2018. "So, this is not a debate about the death penalty. This is a debate about the method of the death penalty," Lippincott said.

Taylor, who is one of the few qualified death penalty attorneys in Idaho, responded, "If that's the case, then that's the case." "They didn't need to waive their constitutional right," prosecutors ...