The high-profile assassination of a top Minnesota lawmaker and her husband could bring about a form of punishment outlawed in ...

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.

Today on Louisiana Considered, in light of the state’s first execution in over a decade, we speak with anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean about her fight against capital punishment ...