Today, 38% of Democrats favor the death penalty, compared to an average of 57% between 2000 and 2006. In contrast, the vast majority of Republicans, 82%, support capital punishment.

This video report is the fifth chapter in Seeking Death, an investigative series by ABC15 and ProPublica, which reviewed nearly 350 death penalty cases from 2004 to 2023.

California's death penalty system has been shown to be racially discriminatory, with Black and Latino defendants up to 8.7 ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed seven death warrants in 2024, the most by a Florida governor since 1984 and 2014.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is asking the state Supreme Court to review and potentially expedite five death ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man charged with killing a prominent Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another could face something that ...

When contemplating the fate of veterans convicted of capital crime, it is important to bear in mind that combat-related brain ...

Kimberly C. Stevens is a senior capital resource counsel at the Federal Capital Trial Project, which provides assistance to ...

A small group gathered outside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester Thursday, June 12, during the execution of George ...