Capital Punishment
Arizona Seeks Execution Dates for Death Row Inmates
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich's office said it has asked the Arizona Supreme Court to set a briefing schedule before filing execution warrants.
White Supremacist F. Glenn Miller Asks for Death Sentence to Be Overturned
He founded a Ku Klux Klan chapter in the Carolinas and also told jurors that he would kill more Jewish people if he got the chance.
After Trump DOJ Set Execution Record Inmates Hope Biden Halts Death Penalty
Trump's DOJ resumed federal capital punishment after a 17-year hiatus, overseeing more executions than any president in 120 years.
Joe Biden Urged to Commute Death Row Sentences
Activists and civil rights groups are calling for Joe Biden to act following an unprecedented run of federal executions during the final months of the Trump administration.
South Carolina Senators Vote To Add Firing Squad to Execution Methods
Under current law, executions in the state must be carried out by lethal injection unless an inmate chooses electrocution.
Dylann Roof Massacred Her Family—Here's Why She Wants Him Off Death Row
Rev. Sharon Risher told Newsweek she is calling for an end to federal executions, even though it will spare the life of the white supremacist who killed her 70-year-old mother, two cousins and a childhood friend at Emanuel AME Church in 2015.
South Carolina Pushes to Bring Back Electric Chair, Resume Executions
A Statehouse committee has voted to advance a bill that would make electrocution the default execution method.
Trump Executioners May Have Misled Courts, Sparking Calls for Investigation
Thirteen death row inmates were put to death in seven months after the Trump administration resumed federal executions last July.
Biden Must End Federal Death Penalty, Uphold Campaign Promise—Rights Groups
Death penalty disproportionately affects the African-American community and those suffering from mental illnesses, or a history of childhood abuse, figures show.
Virginia Set To Become First Southern State To Abolish Death Penalty
The Virginia Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would abolish the death penalty.
Lisa Montgomery's Attorney Slams 'Craven Bloodlust' of 'Failed' Trump Admin
Montgomery, 52, was executed by lethal injection at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, in the early hours of January 13.
Lisa Montgomery Is Executed After U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Delay Ruling
Lisa Montgomery, 52, died after receiving the lethal injection at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana shortly after the Supreme Court ruled the execution could go forward.
Why Lisa Montgomery Was Granted a Stay of Execution
Montgomery's scheduled execution on January 12 would have been the U.S. government's first execution of a woman in almost 70 years.
Who Is Dustin Higgs? Attorneys Fight to Stop Execution of Inmate With COVID
Dustin John Higgs, 48, is the last of the federal inmates scheduled for execution before Joe Biden is inaugurated.
U.S. Death Sentences Hit Record Lows Amid Federal Executions Surge—Report
The U.S. government carried out more executions than all 50 U.S. states combined for the first time in the nation's history in 2020, according to the Death Penalty Information Center's year-end report.
Will Trump's DOJ Be the Last To Carry Out Federal Executions?
As much as we may understand the desire to avoid the taking of any life, the Trump DOJ's efforts to seek the death penalty in certain cases was both moral and legally correct.
Why Was Alfred Bourgeois Given the Death Penalty? Execution Set for Friday
Bourgeois, 55, was convicted of capital murder in 2004 for the 2002 death of his daughter at the Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi in Texas.
Alfred Bourgeois Execution Comes Less Than 24 Hours After Brandon Bernard
The 56-year-old has spent the last 17 years on death row after murdering his two-year-old daughter, JG, in Texas in 2002.
These Are The Inmates Executed During the Trump Administration So Far
Eight inmates have been put to death since the U.S. government resumed federal executions in July. Five more are scheduled to take place before Trump leaves office.
Trump Made Firing Squad, Poison Gas Executions Possible—Will They Happen?
President Donald Trump's administration pushed through a "midnight regulation" to allow federal executions to be carried out by methods other than lethal injection.
Brandon Bernard to Be Executed, Jurors Urge Trump to Commute Sentence
Bernard was 18 when he was convicted over the 1999 kidnapping and murder of youth ministers Todd and Stacie Bagley at Fort Hood in Texas.
My Sister Took a Life. Her Own Was Scarred By Unimaginable Abuse. Spare Her
Lisa was born with brain damage. As children, both of us were raped, repeatedly. I was rescued; she went on to a lifetime of mental illness, beatings and torture. Now she's on federal death row.
ACLU Files Lawsuit to End Lisa Montgomery's 'Torturous' Jail Conditions
Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana on December 8.
Lisa Montgomery's Lawyers Have COVID, Argue Barr 'Recklessly' Set Execution
Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, is set to die by lethal injection at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana on December 8.
Trump Admin Set to Execute 10 Federal Inmates in 2020
The U.S. government has already carried out seven federal executions this year, with three more scheduled.
Trump Urged by Over 1,000 Advocates to Stop Execution of Lisa Montgomery
Montgomery, 52, is set to die by lethal injection at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, on December 8 after she was convicted of killing a pregnant woman and cutting the baby from her womb.
U.S. Schedules Execution Of Woman Who Killed Pregnant Woman, Cut Baby Out
Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, is set to die by lethal injection at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana on December 8, the Department of Justice said.
Black Man Convicted by All-White Jury Set to Be Executed
Orlando Hall's execution is scheduled for November 19 at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, the Department of Justice said.
Inmate Felt 'Excruciating Pain' And Sensation Of Drowning During Execution
Wesley Purkey experienced the sensation of drowning while he was conscious but paralyzed after being injected with pentobarbital, new court filings have alleged.
Navajo Nation Urges Trump to Commute Sentence of Native American Inmate
Lezmond Mitchell is set to be executed on August 26 for the 2001 slayings of a 63-year-old Navajo woman and her 9-year-old granddaughter.