Two men accused of homicide in Pennsylvania are asking the state Supreme Court to limit a prosecutor's use of the death ...

The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence of Timothy W. Fletcher for the 2009 murder of Helen Googe, rejecting ...

Bryan Kohberger will be sentenced in Idaho Wednesday after a plea deal removing the death penalty, sparking debate on its ...

Beshear, a rising star in the Democratic Party, is not a prominent and outspoken abolitionist. In fact, during an October ...

INDIANA – Indiana is set to execute Roy Lee Ward on October 10th for the 2001 rape and murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne.

More than 70% of counties around the world have banned the death penalty, including the European Union. And yet in the U.S., ...

Arkansas prosecutors will be able to seek the death penalty in some rape cases involving children when a new statute takes ...

When capital punishment was more common, it was easy to claim that people are executed because they are criminals. But now that fewer criminals receive the death penalty, that's no longer the case ...

Follow the latest Capital Punishment news, videos, and analysis from ABC News. July 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM. New execution date set for Texas man Robert Roberson in shaken baby syndrome case.

Indiana is grappling with the high cost and short shelf life of the drug pentobarbital, which is used in executions.

Thirty years ago, the film “Dead Man Walking” had its debut in movie theaters around the United States. It was a box office hit, and critics lavished it with praise. Lead actress Susan Sarandon won an ...

The unspeakable tragedy in Florida has revived discussion of capital punishment. It is an enduring issue, going back here in Worcester for almost two centuries. On April 21, 1824, The Massachusetts… ...