Luigi Mangione, 26, accused in the slaying of CEO Brian Thompson, is up for the death penalty if he's convicted on federal charges. Here's why.

Leading human rights organization Amnesty International has explained why the death penalty ‘must be abolished’. The group, which was founded in the 1960s and operates in 155 countries, has ...

Taking a different view, Edward Feser, a Catholic philosopher who coauthored a 2017 book defending the use of the death penalty, told CNA that while not the main focus of its argument, he believes ...

Those states have the death penalty on the books but no longer execute anyone — and there are lots of them. Some are red states like Kansas and Ohio; some, like California, are deep blue.

Pope Francis commended an American chaplain’s work with death-row inmates as a ministry that reflects the “deepest reality of the Gospel” in a new book preface on the death penalty.

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, which tracks executions around the U.S., COVID-19 killed more death row inmates than the state has executed over the past three decades.

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A new book is looking at the death penalty in America through the eyes of a Nevada inmate. The Volunteer, which is on sale now, focuses on the story of Scott Dozier. In 2002 ...

The book featuring the pope's preface, titled "A Christian on Death Row," shares the experiences of Dale Recinella, a lay Catholic prison chaplain and licensed attorney who, along with his wife ...

Kansas’ last execution took place in 1965, but the state’s modern death penalty has been on the books since 1994 and nine men in Kansas prisons have death sentences.