Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump signaled he would resume federal executions if he won and make more ...

Kohberger currently faces the death penalty if convicted; his trial in Boise is set for August 2025. BOISE, Idaho — In less ...

Abolitionists will have to play defense at the federal level, and plot a long-term strategy for ending the death penalty in ...

A prominent Catholic anti-death penalty group is urging outgoing President Joe Biden to commute the sentences of the 40 ...

The defense planned to call two expert witnesses at the hearing — forensic pathologist Dr. Barbara Wolf and University of Idaho law professor Aliza Cover, whose research has examined capital ...

“Thank you, I think you’ve used your time.” Prosecutors, meanwhile, countered that capital punishment is the law of the land ...

Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students, is back in court Thursday as his lawyers argue to take the death penalty off the table, claiming he would face an ...

Kohberger’s defense team is fighting against capital punishment, arguing that the firing squad method of execution is a ...

In the U.S., individuals can face the death penalty even when their guilt is not proven beyond a reasonable doubt. A ...

The American Civil Liberties Union joins law firms to argue that capital trial juries in Kansas are racially discriminatory.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the man who pleaded guilty to the 2019 murder of Sacramento police Officer Tara ...

South Carolina’s death penalty law is unevenly applied. Some horrific killers get life sentences, while those who commit ...