The former prosecutor offered her measured version of criminal justice reform in advance of tonight's Democratic debate.

Attorney General Bill Barr announced that the government will put five prisoners to death in six months, ending a 16-year hiatus.

With every course correction, the 2020 front-runner reminds voters that beneath the polished image lies a politician searching for a sweet spot.

The moral argument doesn't work. Opponents of capital punishment in New Hampshire succeeded with a different approach.

What the sentencing of Tiffany Moss, who starved her stepdaughter to death, tells us about capital punishment in 2019

The conservative justices' convoluted opinions are undermining the court's legitimacy more than any confirmation battle could.

Western state lawmakers from both parties are making a pragmatic case for abolishing capital punishment.

The Supreme Court's conservative majority will stop at nothing to preserve capital punishment in America.

Capital punishment is losing support in the United States, but what about on the Supreme Court?

In each episode of Netflix's "I Am A Killer," a man on death row describes his crime. But for what purpose?

With Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement, the national fight to abolish capital punishment will have to go local.

With Justice Kennedy gone, here's a preview of the cases the newly conservative court already has on its docket.

The president has called for capital punishment of drug dealers. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is trying to make that happen.

Two controversial cases in Alabama reveal a disturbing trend in the death penalty in America.

Arkansas' recent, gruesome executions are further proof that we'll never find a humane way to put people to death.

Another reason to abolish this archaic punishment.

Her stance on capital punishment is incomprehensible—and that doesn't bode well for the rest of her carceral policies.