Georgia remains the only state where it must be proven “beyond a reasonable doubt,” the highest standard of proof in law.

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 25 people were executed in the United States in 2024. The number of death sentences imposed was 26. There are 2,092 people on death row in the United ...

A proposal moving through Florida’s Legislature would require the death penalty for “unauthorized aliens” who commit a ...

The Louisiana Legislature approved the use of nitrogen gas executions last year, following Alabama's implementation of the ...

State Rep. Matt Simpson, a Daphne Republican, is sponsoring the bill, which lets the state opt for death or life in prison ...

A memo directs DOJ staff to pursue the death penalty for undocumented immigrants who have been charged with capital crimes, ...

Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would allow child rapists to be sentenced to death as some Republicans ...

Efforts to repeal the death penalty have been introduced in two Republican-led states, with some lawmakers citing their ...

Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

It is unacceptable that a company in our state would violate the wishes of its neighbors and help carry out executions for other jurisdictions,” said one legislative champion.

The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...