Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...

This new script is exemplified by stories of death row inmates who have been freed by revelations of injustice and of others who were executed despite strong cases for exoneration.

Two federal death row inmates are asking to be exempted from outgoing President Joe Biden’s order commuting their sentences ...

Though Trump is unable to put the commuted inmates back on death row, he did ask the attorney general in the order to “take ...

Trump in his order describes the death penalty as an “essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous crimes and acts of lethal violence against American ...

WWJ, MDOC, CNN By Elle Meyers Click here for updates on this story Michigan (WWJ) — Family members and advocates have asked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to intervene in a death penalty case set to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a sweeping execution order Monday on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful action” to ensure ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday revived a challenge by a death row inmate in Oklahoma who ... and questioned her without reading her a Miranda warning.

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Trump in his order describes the death penalty as an “essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous crimes and acts of lethal violence against American ...