South Carolina’s Supreme Court set a Jan. 31 date for the state’s next execution after allowing a pause for the Christmas ...

Because if Biden’s federal death row commutations had been based on principle—the principle that killing people, even people ...

Nine states—Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Utah—carried out executions this ...

OPINION: The nation’s highest court’s recent treatment of capital cases is rife with disregard for systemic racial ...

There was an uptick in death sentences handed down and death penalties carried out in 2024 over 2023 but it was also the 10th ...

The number of executions in the U.S. remained near historic lows in 2024 and was mostly carried out in a small group of ...

Originally published toward the end of 2023, this piece by former CBS 42 digital content producer Emery Akin examined the lives of the five women currently on Alabama death row and remained one of ...

2:10 Alabama death row inmate faces 1st nitrogen gas execution Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, has spoken frequently of expanding executions. In a speech announcing his 2024 campaign ...

The annual report by the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty found the state continues to execute and sentence to ...

Florida conducted only one execution in 2024, although the number of new death sentences imposed by juries leads nation.

On the front end of the Death Row pipeline, Alabama sentenced four people to death this year. Nationally, 26 people were placed on Death Row. Using nitrogen gas did create some controversy ...