>> LOOK AT THIS BEHIND US. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATH PENALTY EXECUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE 1977. YOU SEE THE LATE 90'S. THAT WAS THE PEAK. BUT THEN A GRADUAL DECLINE. >> THAT IS UNTIL NOW. THIS UP ...
Lawmakers say HB495 would speed executions and close loopholes in capital cases, potentially reshaping the legal terrain for the the man charged in the death of Charlie Kirk and every death-row inmate ...
Executions are on the rise in the United States. After creeping upward since the coronavirus pandemic, when the country's use of the death penalty reached a historic low, the numbers have skyrocketed ...
Austin Sarat is a professor of jurisprudence and political science at Amherst College. On Friday, Indiana put Roy Ward to death, the state’s third execution since December. He was a 53-year-old white ...
At least four of the 37 men whose sentences were commuted last year could face the death penalty at the state level after a push from the Trump administration. By Eduardo Medina Two days before ...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is expected to make a statement on the future of the death penalty in January. Michael P. Donnelly served as an Ohio Supreme Court justice from 2019 to 2024. Gov. Mike DeWine has ...
Executions in the U.S. nearly doubled in 2025 over the previous year as Florida executed more prisoners in a 12-month span than ever before, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. The ...
We urge special counsel Cho Eun-suk to reconsider seeking the death penalty against former President Yoon prior to the ...
This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Donald Trump has been forthright about his intention to bring about a death-penalty renaissance, and now his ...