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

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 ...

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

Gregory Newson, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was convicted of capital murder for killing Panola County Deputy Chris Dickerson as he made a routine patrol.

Attorneys for the ACLU argued Tuesday that the death penalty in Kansas is unconstitutional and discriminates against ...

The Texas AG's Office notified the Supreme Court about Rep. Jeff Leach's attempt to influence a judge in a death penalty case ...

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

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 ...

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

The filings came in response to objections earlier this month from state prosecutors who want capital punishment for ...

A Texas man’s execution was stayed. Now Ken Paxton wants to silence him. On Oct. 21, Robert Roberson was scheduled to do what no death row inmate has ever done. He was supposed to give testimony ...