Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has carried out nearly 100 executions so far this year, Amnesty International said, urging the Kingdom ...

Texas brands itself as fiercely pro‑life on abortion. But with hundreds of executions, wrongful‑conviction scandals, and ...

In Wilkerson v. Utah in 1878, the Supreme Court ruled that death by firing squad was not cruel and unusual punishment “ ...

Reporters create records when the death penalty goes wrong. Indiana's ban on press at executions seeks to prevent that.

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Public support and use of the death penalty in 2022 continued their more than two-decade decline in the U.S., and many of the executions that were carried out during the year were "botched" or highly ...

Executions will resume in Arizona following a two-year pause, the state's top prosecutor says. In a statement shared with CBS News on Wednesday, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said that she will ...

Public attention to the death penalty often focuses on the method of execution and questions about innocence and guilt. But the use of capital punishment has waned in the United States since the late ...

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter. I'm RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition I'm looking at concerns ...