Supreme Court will hear appeal of Black death row inmate over racial bias in Mississippi jury makeup

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a Black death row inmate from Mississippi whose case was handled by a ...

Supreme Court to hear death row inmate’s challenge of racial bias in jury selection

The Supreme Court announced on Monday it will take up a death row inmate’s challenge over allegations that the dismissal of ...

U.S. executions highest in 15 years despite low support for death penalty

The United States had the highest number of executions in about 15 years this year due to an increase in Florida, report ...

Obese man on death row chooses buffet of BBQ, wings, cheeseburger, pizza, ice cream for last meal in Georgia

Georgia death row inmate Stacey Humphreys requested a huge buffet-style last meal ahead of his execution for his 2003 double ...

Death row executions are up to 44 this year — the highest in over a decade

Forty-four death row inmates across the U.S. have been executed this year, reaching a level not seen in more than a decade.

Ohio man who spent decades on death row for murder has his case dismissed

The case has been dropped against a man who spent a quarter-century on death row for the robbery and murder of a New Jersey ...

These 5 counties pack Alabama’s Death Row despite death penalty declining

The use of capital punishment has steadily declined in the United States since its peak in 1996, when 315 death sentences were imposed. That number had fallen to 26 by 2024. Alabama’s yearly death ...

Ease of claiming low IQ at center of Supreme Court death penalty case

Decades ago, the Supreme Court said inmates who are intellectually disabled can't be executed. Now, it weighs the use of IQ ...
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How Cases Like Luigi Mangione’s Could Widen the Death Penalty Divide

Even as more state leaders try to expand capital punishment, fewer jurors are choosing it.

Despite Declining Support for the Death Penalty, Executions Nearly Doubled in 2025, Report Says

Fewer Americans support capital punishment. Fewer courts are handing out death sentences. And we’ve got way more executions ...

Supreme Court wrestles with death penalty in cases of intellectual disabilities

The justices wrestled with whether to allow Alabama to execute a man with low cognitive function, a ruling that could set new ...

Tennessee lawmaker pushing to give prosecutors more tools to pursue death penalty against child rapists

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Tennessee lawmaker is pushing to give prosecutors more ability to pursue the death penalty for ...