Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...

Ohio lawmakers from both chambers and both sides of the aisle announced a measure Tuesday that would abolish the death ...

The proposal would link capital punishment abolishment with prohibitions on state funding for abortion or physician-assisted ...

North Carolina is still feeling the adverse impact of the mandatory death penalty prosecution law, despite its repeal. | ...

Two Miami Valley lawmakers were part of a bipartisan cohort Tuesday touting legislation to prohibit the use of state funds for assisted suicide and abolish the death penalty in Ohio, just a week after ...

Two Miami Valley lawmakers were part of a bipartisan cohort Tuesday touting legislation to prohibit the use of state funds for assisted suicide and abolish the death penalty in Ohio, just a week after ...

Here's how Donald Trump’s new executive orders to reshape the military could ban transgender people from the force.

The steady decline in executions in the United States could see a reversal with President Trump seeking the expansion of capital punishment.

Rejon Taylor told Newsweek that he had received notice he would be transferred to ADX Florence, a "supermax" facility known for its harsh conditions.

President Donald Trump wants to “restore the death penalty” through an executive order he signed earlier this week. “The ...

Some of Trump's executive orders have an immediate policy impact. Others are more symbolic. Some already are being challenged ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on the federal death penalty Jan. 20, among the first actions of his second term, directing the attorney general to "pursue the death penalty for all ...