The Utah Constitution prohibits “cruel and unusual punishment” with language that mirrors the U.S. Constitution’s Eighth Amendment. However, Article I, Section 9 of the Utah Constitution extends ...

People convicted of homicides represented about 56% of the population serving life without parole as of 2024, data shows. But ...

While some advocates praise the commutations as a step toward ending capital punishment, others are outraged.

A federal judge has refused to stop what would be the fourth nitrogen gas execution in the U.S. Chief District Judge Emily C ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina put a third inmate to death in four months Friday as the state goes through a backlog of prisoners who exhausted their appeals while the state couldn’t find lethal ...

In Lincoln, battling bills related to Nebraska's death penalty were heard in front of the Judiciary Committee.

The Boston lawsuit said Trump’s order directly targets transgender Americans by attempting to deny them legal recognition ...

South Carolina's Marion Bowman Jr. became first person executed in the United States in 2025 on Friday after the U.S. Supreme ...

Two men sentenced to death for grisly Port St. Lucie murders and local residents accused of Jan. 6 rioting have something in ...

Snopes learned critical information missing from online posts and videos after interviewing the attorney who represented the ...

Marion Bowman has decided not to seek clemency from South Carolina’s governor, guaranteeing he will face the death chamber ...

Fans gather in Hialeah after the October death of Cuban reggaeton star El Taiger, whose real name is Jose Manuel Carvajal ...