Soon after he took office in 2019, Gov. Mike DeWine imposed a kind of informal moratorium on executions in the Buckeye State.

With another execution set, Brevard’s death row is nearly empty as Florida carries out a record number of executions.

James Broadnax will soon take his last breath. For the last 17 years, the convicted murderer has been on death row, with his execution date—scheduled for April 30—now fast approaching. His punishment ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of Charles "Sonny" Burton, sparing the 75-year-old inmate from a scheduled execution this week and ending more than three decades on death ...

Florida's death row population is currently 250, with one biological woman and one transgender woman among them. Tina Brown is the only biological woman on Florida's death row, convicted for the 2010 ...

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Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill to abolish the death penalty, citing its financial and human costs. The state's public defender system spends nearly $3 million annually on staff dedicated to ...