WASHINGTON (OSV News) – A proposed and later canceled livestream of a military execution and the botched execution of ...

With capital punishment on the wane, executions have become the purview of a shrinking number of places.

Pope Leo XIV has declared capital punishment 'inadmissible' following plans for the United States to livestream an execution by firing squad.

Death row inmate Christa Pike survived her execution in Tennessee on Wednesday, reviving debate over a pattern of botched lethal injections in the United States.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the execution of Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s death row, can move forward after the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ...

The failed execution of Christa Pike, which left her clinging to life in Tennessee, was the latest grisly error to take place in an American execution chamber.

Death penalty expert Carolyn Strange tracks the modern history of executions in the United States on The Conversation Weekly ...

The botched execution in Tennessee of Christa Pike, who survived despite being subject to two doses of lethal injection on Wednesday, has reignited furious debate about the death penalty in the U.S.

The Atlantic Center’s petition asked the Supreme Court to appoint a special master to supervise the district attorney’s office and require the district attorney to consult with the Pennsylvania ...

An analysis of California's capital punishment system has documented racial and geographic disparities in sentencing ...

Donald Trump has amplified a Texas pastor’s argument that livestreaming the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan would ...