Death penalty opponents fear President Donald Trump is poised to start an "execution spree" after returning to the White House on Monday.

The executive order calls on the attorney general to “take all appropriate action to seek the overruling of Supreme Court ...

Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a ...

During his inaugural address, President Trump claimed that the United States “lost 38,000 lives” during the construction of ...

During his inaugural address, President Trump claimed that the United States “lost 38,000 lives” during the construction of the Panama Canal. This is similar to a claim he’s made before—in 2023 he ...

Trump campaigned heavily on expanding the death penalty and has asked attorney general to help states obtain lethal injection ...

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

Trump's pardon of more than 1,500 supporters charged in the Jan. 6 attack went further than what he suggested he would do ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered lower courts to review the case of the only woman on Oklahoma's death row over concerns ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday revived a challenge by a death row inmate in Oklahoma who claims prosecutors “sex-shamed” her ...

Brenda Andrew, convicted of murdering her husband, can pursue claim that prosecutors inappropriately focused on her sex life ...