The Nov. 8, 2016 California ballot included two death penalty related Propositions: 62 and 66. Prop. 62 would have outlawed the death penalty. I recommended a “yes” vote. It was defeated. Prop. 66 ...

Death penalty opponents in Tennessee got a jump on this year’s abolition efforts by urging the state to stop all executions ...

We here in the state of Oklahoma have an excellent judicial system, but regrettably, when it comes to the death penalty — the most terminal of all punishments — we don’t always get it right. Take the ...

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Luigi Mangione’s lawyers contend that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to seek the death penalty against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was tainted by her prior work as ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Wednesday, the Wyandotte County District Attorney announced it will pursue the death penalty for 38-year-old Shawn Harris, who is accused of killing Wyandotte County Sheriff’s ...

Clark County prosecutors are reviewing whether to seek the death penalty in a deadly crash that killed three people last month, a move that underscores how serious they believe the allegations are ...

For opponents of the death penalty to argue it is too expensive to maintain is disingenuous. It is, in fact, their long-standing opposition that has led to an unwieldy appeals process and excessively ...

The biggest problem with the death penalty in Louisiana, and in the other states utilizing capital punishment, is that the fatuous legal (don’t call it judicial; that adjective accords the system too ...

A bundle of new NC laws, including packages of changes to criminal punishments and the state’s pretrial release process, ...

I recently read Sen. Annette Dubas’ opinion piece in the Aug. 25 edition of The Independent concerning the death penalty in Nebraska and would like to echo her sentiment. As a Catholic, conservative ...