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

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

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

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

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

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

Capital punishment should be given to all the accused," he stated ... hunger strike after a two-hour-long meeting with Chief ...

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

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 ...

The most common and most cogent argument against capital punishment is that sooner or later, innocent people will get killed, because of mistakes or flaws in the justice system.

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