L ast week brought new evidence of crippling flaws in America’s death penalty system. The number of people exonerated and freed from death row over the last 50 years reached 200.

Prosecutors fighting the release of death row inmate Jimmie Duncan after a judge found him “factually innocent” of raping and ...

Religious leaders across Florida have penned a letter asking Gov. Ron DeSantis to pause executions after more prisoners were ...

Christopher Barbour tried to take back his confession more than 30 years ago. Now, new DNA points to someone else.

It found that in the past 50 years, at least 200 people who were on death row in the US have been exonerated. "The remain­ing ques­tion is how many inno­cent lives are worth sac­ri­fic­ing ...

Death row exonerations – when someone is released after being sentenced – have become more common in the United States. More than 200 people have been freed in the past half-century.

Catholic organizations had lobbied Pat Quinn to end the death penalty. The former governor was not previously aware of ...

Since 2000, at least seven people have been exonerated after courts found serious flaws associated with a theory called "bite ...

How many people have been executed in Mississippi? How were their deaths conducted? How many women executed? Any notable ...

Bryan Kohberger is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday to all counts in the killings of four University of Idaho students, ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis is on track to execute more prisoners than any governor in Florida history. We don’t defend the heinous nature of the crimes that land prisoners on death row, but we take ...