The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...

Ending capital punishment had been a dormant issue in Indiana, but advocates now believe a Republican-led effort to abolish ...

Nadine C. Atkinson-Flowers, Esq is a U.S. Immigration Attorney and a Jamaican Attorney. She is also an avid writer with 6 ...

The Montana House has narrowly voted down a bill that would have changed the laws on lethal injection and could have allowed the state to again carry out executions.

Sentenced to death for killing two children in 1963, Leon Tice's sentence was commuted a month before Iowa abolished capital punishment in 1965.

Civil rights champions have diverse college journeys. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. may be the most recognized civil rights leader in U.S. history, but across many decades, numerous Black activists ...

The story is quite simple in its horror: many years ago, long before I was born, one of my family was executed for a murder they didn’t ...

The death penalty is still on the books in Israel, ostensibly. If it were enacted for terrorists who are serving multiple life sentences, could it reduce the “exchange value” for Israeli hostages? And ...

Every week, behind a half dozen security doors that lead to Unit 2—Tennessee’s death row—Kevin Burns holds a worship service. He leads Communion, prayer, liturgy, and a sermon with men who share his ...

Alabama became the first state to carry out executions with nitrogen gas when three inmates were put to death using the ...

But things get hairier once we try to put this into practice, especially here in the United States, where the death penalty is still on the books in 27 states, as well as on the federal level and ...