An inmate on South Carolina’s death row died by lethal injection on Friday night, the third execution carried out by the state since reinstating capital punishment.

Attorney Gilda Daniels and U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett denounce Trump's expansion of the federal death penalty, citing racial disparities and systemic injustices.

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

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has said the National Assembly is ready to start a conversation on whether or not the death penalty should be abolished in the nation ...

Marion Bowman Jr. dies Jan. 31, becomes third man put to death since South Carolina resumed executions. He was convicted of ...

The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The number of new death sentences remained small by historical standards in ...

Bowman is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. on Friday at a Columbia, South Carolina prison for the killing of 21-year-old Kandee Martin.

After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate, he decided not to ask the governor for clemency, saying he didn't want to spe ...

Florida was one of only three states to both execute someone and put more people on death row in 2024. Florida also has more wrongful convictions than any other state.

State Representative Brian Stewart (R-Ashville) has introduced new legislation aimed at expanding the methods of carrying out ...

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