The American Civil Liberties Union joins law firms to argue that capital trial juries in Kansas are racially discriminatory.

South Carolina law allows up to three media members to witness an execution who then share what they saw and heard inside the ...

In the U.S., individuals can face the death penalty even when their guilt is not proven beyond a reasonable doubt. A ...

South Carolina’s death penalty law is unevenly applied. Some horrific killers get life sentences, while those who commit ...

A pastor ordained while he has languished on death row for almost 30 years is among convicted offenders now facing the prospect of executions being restarted in a US state.

News coverage of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson's stalled lethal injection raises questions about Texas executing the ...

Several officials released statements after the execution of South Carolina inmate Richard Moore. South Carolina State ...

Cassandra Stubbs, director of the ACLU’s Capital Punishment Project, speaks with reporters after a hearing on the death penalty in Wyandotte County District Court. The ACLU is challenging the death ...

Idaho’s (capital punishment) scheme fails utterly to define those who should be death eligible,” said Jay Logsdon, public ...

Three jurors, Moore’s trial judge, and a former state prison director called for the 59-year-old to get clemency ...

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is calling for the resignation of State Representative Jeff Leach after his admission to ...