The United States will resume federal executions on July 13, after a 17-year stay, the Justice Department said Monday. There have been just three federal execution since the death penalty was ...

The Marshall Project analyzed over 9,000 death sentences handed down since states brought the punishment back ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — On the anniversary of a Supreme Court ruling reinstating the US death penalty, faith leaders, those ...

Texas prison authorities carried out the first US execution of 2017, as controversy continued to swirl around the drugs used to conduct such lethal injections. Christopher Wilkins, 48, was executed at ...

Supporters of the method say it’s foolproof – but forensic experts say it can be ‘excruciating’ amid allegations it has been intentionally botched ...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on April 24 that it will be bringing back firing squads, electrocution, pentobarbital injections, and gas chambers as permissible methods of execution for ...

The US Army is preparing to conduct four executions should President Donald Trump issue the command, according to an internal planning document seen by ABC News. The plan, if implemented, would ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Abraham Bonowitz, of the group Death Penalty Action, leads a demonstration outside the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, ...

The number of executions in the U.S. doubled in 2025, with southern states carrying out the most, according to newly released data. Forty-seven people in 11 states were put to death last year, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Two death row inmates were executed on Thursday, the first in a series ...