Party or religion? DeWine may decide future of Ohio death penalty| Opinion

There’s a noticeable policy thread running through Mike DeWine’s governorship, it’s his steady if fairly understated ...
Slate

The Next Stage in the Effort to End the Death Penalty

The death penalty in the United States is not really a legal problem. If anyone had any doubt, five different states carrying out as many executions between Sept. 20 and 27 should have made that clear ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

What's behind this year's spike in death row executions after years of decline

15 MINUTES. CAMERON. YEAH, BACK TO THE BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. OKLAHOMA DEATH ROW INMATE TRAMAINE WOOD WAS JUST SAVED FROM EXECUTION AT THE LAST MINUTE. A DRAMATIC MOVE FROM GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT ...
WRAL

Why North Carolina's death penalty went away, and what lawmakers might do to bring it back

The fatal stabbing on a Charlotte light-rail train last month has prompted calls for the revival of the death penalty in North Carolina. North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger said Thursday he wants ...
Los Angeles Times

Bringing the death penalty back to L.A. is politics and hubris, not justice

California has 592 people in prison who have been sentenced to death, the largest population of prisoners awaiting execution of any state. L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman is reversing the ...
CNN

What Donald Trump’s election could mean for the federal death penalty

Opponents of the death penalty are bracing for Donald Trump’s return to the White House, fearing it will herald a new round of federal executions in an echo of the final months of the ...
Catholic News Agency

Where does your state stand on the death penalty?

The United States is seeing the highest number of executions in more than a decade, with 30 executions so far in 2025. CNA has released three new interactive maps to show where each state in the U.S.
Aclu.org

Challenging Death Qualification and the Death Penalty in Kansas

Every person accused of a crime is entitled to a jury of their peers that represents a fair cross section of their community. But that is never the reality for Black and brown people facing the death ...
USA Today

Luigi Mangione could face death penalty in CEO slaying. How rare are these federal cases?

Luigi Mangione, accused of killing health care CEO Brian Thompson, could face the death penalty. Experts say Mangione's case involves potential aggravating factors like alleged premeditation and risk ...
WLRN

PolitiFact FL: How Florida compares with the US on the death penalty

Florida has executed more people in 2025 than in any single year since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. The state carried out its 17th execution Nov. 20, with two more scheduled by the end of ...
The Diplomat

In Central Asia, Calls to Bring Back the Death Penalty Are Growing Louder

Central Asia’s path to abolishing the death penalty was gradual but firm. In Kyrgyzstan, a moratorium on executions was introduced in 1998 and renewed every year until the 2007 referendum that ...