Trump wants to ramp up the federal death penalty. Before he left, the former attorney general made that harder ...

Death penalty opponents fear President Donald Trump is poised to start an "execution spree" after returning to the White House on Monday.

Trump in his order describes the death penalty as an “essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous crimes ... against American citizens.” ...

The Department of Justice will seek the death penalty for capital crimes "committed by an alien illegally present in this ...

With their recent commutation of death sentences for federal prisoners, President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland are leaving ... the single defendant for whom he and Garland authorized ...

During Biden’s presidency, the Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Merrick Garland ... executions and expand the reach of capital punishment under federal law when he takes office.

Under Biden in 2021, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland ordered a moratorium ... a supporter of expanding capital punishment. In July 2020, the Trump Administration ended a 17-year hiatus ...

But people familiar with the matter said Mr Biden ultimately accepted the recommendation of Attorney-General Merrick Garland ... the modern framework for capital punishment.

His attorney general, Merrick Garland ... acknowledged a certain irony in opposing capital punishment but supporting her husband’s quest to maintain his death sentence. It’s a “very drastic ...

WASHINGTON—President Biden, citing moral and policy objections to capital punishment, said he was commuting the death sentences of 37 inmates Monday, a move that prevents President-elect Donald ...