Capital punishment could emerge as a major campaign issue in the U.S. presidential race for the first time in 30 years, with top GOP candidates already one-upping each other by touting tougher ...

Biden himself has not issued any formal directives or policy statements on federal capital punishment. During the 2016 campaign, he vowed both to end the federal death penalty for good, and to ...

President Joe Biden campaigned on a pledge to work toward abolishing federal capital punishment. Skip to main content.

Prosecutors recently announced that they'd seek capital murder charges in the Buffalo mass shooting case, despite a moratorium on the federal death penalty that's held for nearly three years.

Joe Biden is the first sitting president to oppose the death penalty, but his silence on the issue since taking office has left many anti-capital punishment activists confused. U.S.

Opponents of the death penalty have criticized Biden for failing to honor his campaign promises concerning capital punishment. So far, Biden has approached federal executions in the same way ...

The electric chair in the death chamber at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va., on March 24. Last month, Virginia abolished the death penalty. Steve Helber/AP Share White supremacist ...

This is consistent with what presidential candidate Joe Biden promised, but incomplete. ... with support for capital punishment nearly 20 points higher than in 1966.

Biden says he opposes capital punishment, yet his administration is pushing for death in the Boston bomber case, even when the sentence was flawed. Contributor: Biden's death penalty hypocrisy ...

President Joe Biden campaigned on a pledge to work toward abolishing federal capital punishment. Skip to main content.

Activists widely expected Joe Biden to take swift action against the death penalty as the first sitting president to oppose capital punishment, but the White House has been mostly silent.

Activists widely expected Joe Biden to take swift action against the death penalty as the first sitting president to oppose capital punishment, but the White House has been mostly silent.