Hanson arrived in Oklahoma to face a likely execution by the state for his murder conviction. The Biden administration previously blocked the move.

Those who had been pushing for that clemency are also shocked the governor granted the first death sentence commutation in Alabama this century. Abraham Bonowitz with the group, Death Penalty Action.

Melly could be sentenced to death by a non-unanimous jury — a practice with deep roots in Jim Crow — if convicted in a double ...

Defendants attorneys lodged three motions to bar the death penalty from being imposed. A judge rejected their arguments in ...

International efforts to eradicate the death penalty came into sharp focus at the Human Rights Council on Tuesday, where UN human rights chief Volker Türk decried a substantial increase in global ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-3 decision to overturn Richard Glossip’s conviction and death sentence highlights concerns over a ...

BOISE, Idaho -- More than two years after a quadruple homicide devastated Moscow, Idaho, a judge unsealed the transcript of a ...

Jessie Hoffman is scheduled to be the first person Louisiana puts to death using nitrogen gas. “Knowing the day he’s going to ...

Defendants seeking relief from capital punishment typically don’t win at the high court, but Richard Glossip’s case was a ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who has ...

On January 7, 2025, the CFPB announced its annual civil penalty inflation adjustments, which went into effect on January 15, 2025. These adjustments are made under the Civil Penalties Inflation ...

Almost 1,000 people were executed in Iran in 2024. While lawyers and activists protest against the wave of executions, rights ...