Tag: death penalty

ORLANDO, Fla. -- At the beginning of the 10th month of 2023, Florida might execute its sixth death-row inmate of the year; a person...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Florida will mark its fifth execution of 2023 as the state will execute James Barnes Aug. 3. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the...

WASHINGTON  -- A bill to ban the use of capital punishment by the federal government was reintroduced in Congress, where it faces steep odds...

WASHINGTON  -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., moved ahead with his latest execution Feb. 23, over the objections of Florida's Catholic bishops who appealed to...

Gov. Josh Shapiro called on Pennsylvania's legislature Feb. 16 to end the death penalty, marking the first time a governor of the Keystone State...

The terrorism trial of Sayfullo Saipov, who is accused of fatally striking eight people with a truck in New York City in 2017, began...

WASHINGTON -- When the U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution Dec. 15 to establish a worldwide "moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing...

WASHINGTON -- Advocates working to end the death penalty say they have long seen the links between racism and capital punishment and they plan...

MIAMI -- There is "no question" the actions of the Parkland, Florida, school shooter "were heinous," but "a sentence of life in prison without...

WASHINGTON-- In oral arguments Oct. 11, the Supreme Court considered the case of Texas inmate Rodney Reed, who has been on death row for...