While any debate over imposing the death penalty is bound to be emotional and contentious, Israel’s proposal to impose lethal punishment only on Palestinians makes new legislation before the Knesset ...

Even as more state leaders try to expand capital punishment, fewer jurors are choosing it.

The justices wrestled with whether to allow Alabama to execute a man with low cognitive function, a ruling that could set new ...

The death penalty remains a deeply contested issue, provoking the fundamental question: Should the law possess the authority to take a life in the name of justice? This debate lies at the intersection ...

Seth P. Waxman, Smith’s lawyer, told the justices that the lower federal courts in his client’s case correctly applied ...

Florida executed a man this week and is scheduled to put another to death this month, setting a modern-day record for the state and underscoring an unsettling trend for the nation. Michael Bell was ...

The death penalty remains a divisive issue in Taiwan, with activists calling for it to be abolished. Although a court ruling limits the use of capital punishment, a recent execution has drawn ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing Alabama's attempt to execute Joseph Clifton Smith, convicted for a 1997 murder. Lower ...

Indiana lawmakers propose expanding execution options beyond lethal injection, reopening the debate on capital punishment.

Hey! The Question of the Week has grown so much in popularity that we've been picked up by all our other USA-Today network newspapers in Florida! I knew asking about the death penalty would elicit ...

I note the continued letters regarding the death penalty debate. For many years, I was ambivalent, weighing the urge for retributive justice vs. the rare but horrifying thought of executing an ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. A Republican-drafted crime bill introduced in response to the fatal stabbing on Charlotte’s light rail last month appeared to have ...