Do Americans support the death penalty? New poll finds a historic generational shift
Between 2000 and 2006, an average of 66% of Americans favored the death penalty, and between 2010 and 2016, an average of 61% supported it. Generational differences. Support for t ...
Trump execution restart to put Boston Marathon bomber, Charleston church shooter, more killers in hot seat
A look at some of the 40 federal inmates awaiting execution on death row whose sentences were put on pause under the Biden-Harris administration.
Judge says death row inmate Melissa Lucio is "actually innocent," recommends 2008 conviction be overturned
Melissa Lucio has been on death row in Texas since she was convicted in the death of her 2-year-old daughter in 2008.
Mississippi death row inmate once again seeks to have death sentence vacated
Richard Gerald Jordan, Mississippi’s longest-tenured death row inmate, filed court documents asking for post-conviction ...
State makes it official: No death penalty for former gangster and convicted murderer
The judge gave the prosecutor and Corey Smith’s defense attorney until the first week in February to come up with a plea deal ...