Arizona's botched executions have sparked a national debate over the use of lethal injections, with questions raised about ...

Lawmakers in Concord heard several hours of public testimony Friday on bills to restore capital punishment, with the majority ...

NH lawmakers and public commenters debate restoring death penalty as Gov. Kelly Ayotte supports return of capital punishment.

Itamar Ben Gvir’s new law proposing the death penalty for terrorists who commit murder has sparked a robust debate. While we ...

A bill proposing the death penalty for certain child sex crimes is advancing in the Alabama State House, stirring significant ...

Hey! The Question of the Week has grown so much in popularity that we've been picked up by all our other USA-Today network newspapers in Florida! I knew asking about the death penalty would elicit ...

On Newsfeed Now for August 15, the conversation began in Washington, D.C. This weekend’s mass shootings are again stirring debate over the death penalty. Washington Reporter Brie Jackson joined the ...

A bill that would allow executions by firing squad if lethal injection drugs are unavailable or at an inmate’s request is fueling ongoing debates over secrecy, drug costs and “humane” methods of ...

On December 10, Kyrgyzstan’s Constitutional Court weighed in on the death penalty reinstatement debate that intensified following the brutal abduction, rape, and murder of yet another girl earlier ...