"Today, the Department of Justice acted to restore its solemn duty to seek, obtain, and implement lawful capital sentences — clearing the way for the Department to carry out exe ...

ELON, N.C. — Update: On the deadline, Fri., Oct. 3, Gov. Josh Stein signed Iryna's Law. The clock is ticking on the fate of capital punishment, in a controversial bill Gov. Josh Stein has until Friday ...

The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases.

A New Hampshire House committee recommended the full legislature kill several bills that would reinstate and expand the use of the death penalty in the state on Wednesday. Following lengthy public ...

The Utah Supreme Court has blocked a death row inmate's upcoming execution, after the inmate's attorneys argued in an extensive legal back-and-forth with the state that their client's worsening ...

President Donald Trump said Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, that all murder prosecutions in Washington, D.C., should carry the death penalty, despite the city not having capital punishment. (7News) WASHINGTON ...