The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), which has consistently opposed the death penalty, maintains its stance. Speaking to La Croix International, Monsignor Donatien Nshole ...

During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's ...

The court issued an execution warrant for Aaron Brian Gunches, who was convicted in 2007 in the 2002 shooting death of Ted ...

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 ...

I Am Ready, Warden,” nominated for an Oscar, follows John Henry Ramirez in the days before he was executed in Texas for ...

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

This is not in any way lessening due process for those who are convicted and are facing the death penalty,” said Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, the bill’s lead sponsor.

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

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

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

Attorney Gilda Daniels and U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett denounce Trump's expansion of the federal death penalty, citing racial disparities and systemic injustices.