Kevin Hines, a contractor maintaining postal machines, was killed during his first shift at a Missouri City USPS facility.

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

Amid state plans to execute convicted killer Ralph Menzies, Governor Cox said "there are probably circumstances" where the death penalty is "still warranted."Th ...

Please join us on Monday, July 28 at 12:30pm-2:30pm EDT for the sixth webinar in this ongoing series on the abolition of the ...

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

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...