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 ...

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.

The Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee voted to advance two bipartisan bills that would eliminate the death penalty in ...

"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 ...

Death penalty supporters and opponents have offered competing studies on whether capital punishment deters crime. Most experts find data to be inconclusive, and say it isn’t well known whether the ...

Indiana officials have faced repeated legal challenges over secrecy surrounding executions and the cost of lethal injection drugs. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) A Marion County judge on Friday ...