The federal government is moving to bring back death by firing squad. Let that sit for a second. This isn’t just about how ...

It will likely be many years — if ever — before the state is able to carry out the death penalty against convicted quadruple ...

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

Israel’s new death penalty law is one of the most discriminatory pieces of execution legislation that the world has witnessed since Hitler’s Third Reich. This incontrovertible truth is yet another ...

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