The U.S. carried out 47 executions in 2025—the highest total in years—despite falling public support, fewer death sentences, ...

A Florida death-row inmate cleared of murder charges and the survivors of several New Hampshire homicide victims emotionally ...

Lawmakers repealed the state's death penalty law in 2019, but Gov. Kelly Ayotte says she'd like to bring it back. Meanwhile, ...

President Trump issued another strong warning to Iran after the regime threatened capital punishment for people arrested ...

Opponents of the death penalty turned out in big numbers in Concord again Thursday to speak against legislation to bring ...

An Alabama House committee Wednesday approved two bills that would expand the list of criminal offenses eligible for the ...

A judge will decide Thursday whether the death penalty will be taken off the table for the man accused of killing a Hamilton ...

People convicted of rape or sodomy of a child younger than 12 would face the death penalty under a bill that advanced ...

Texas’ death penalty appeals set for 2026 as executions remain low. Harris County accounts for most executions, but appeals ...

Lawmakers in Concord have opened hearings on several bills that would reinstate the death penalty in New Hampshire. The House ...

Right now, anyone convicted of raping or sodomizing a child 5 years old or younger in Alabama can be sentenced to life ...

New Hampshire’s death penalty debate is back, as legislators try to reverse the repeal championed by late Rep. Renny Cushing ...