With another execution set, Brevard’s death row is nearly empty as Florida carries out a record number of executions.

Idaho’s prison system has nearly completed execution chamber upgrades to carry out the death penalty by firing squad as the ...

Gov. Kay Ivey halted a scheduled Alabama execution by commuting Charles “Sonny” Burton’s sentence to life in prison without parole. Burton was convicted in a 1991 Talladega robbery, though court ...

The Utah Legislature is considering a bill with the intention of improving the state’s death penalty process, and if passed, could affect every death penalty case in the state, including the active ...

Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill to abolish the death penalty, citing its financial and human costs. The state's public defender system spends nearly $3 million annually on staff dedicated to ...

(LEX 18) — Kentucky lawmakers have overridden the governor's veto of a bill designed to streamline the state's death penalty process. The Senate and House gave final passage to Senate Bill 251, which ...

The federal government is moving to bring back death by firing squad. Let that sit for a second. This isn’t just about how ...