The last person to face the death penalty in Michigan was executed 87 years ago by the federal government. The 1938 execution was the first since Michigan abolished the death penalty nearly 100 years ...

Amnesty International says executions in Saudi Arabia hit a record high last year, with 345 people put to death.

Wikimedia Commons/Carol M. Highsmith Pu’uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park, Hawaii Ancient Hawaii had a death penalty ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate have launched a last-ditch effort to prevent his Aug. 5 ...

The use of the death penalty against U.S. combat veterans manifests a paradox in American culture.

The power to seek death is the greatest power we give prosecutors. But the process for selecting death penalty cases in Maricopa County is shrouded in secrecy. Watch as ABC15 Chief Investigator ...

Should SA hold an emergency referendum to reinstate the death penalty punishment, particularly for violent crimes against minors?

While federal prosecutors initially said they wouldn’t seek the death penalty against Chelsea Perkins, 19 News Investigator Sara Goldenberg found the possibility of capital punishment was ...

Vatican City — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church's teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons, upheld it in others such as abortion, and made inroads with Muslims and ...

Death penalty has effectively been suspended in Tunisia since 1991, but prominent opposition figures may be sentenced.

Kansas’ death penalty law remains after Wyandotte County Judge Bill Klapper declines to block it in ACLU challenge brought during capital murder trial.

As we move through the sacred calendar of spring — when Jews celebrate Passover and Christians observe Easter — we are reminded of profound spiritual truths: Liberation from bondage, triumph over ...