Driven by sharp declines among Democrats and younger adults, national backing for capital punishment has fallen below 50% for ...

Among the more formidable responsibilities Byron Donalds will inherit upon being sworn in as governor of Florida in January ...

Less than half of Americans support the death penalty for murderers—the lowest level since 1971, a new poll reveals.

Three former Florida death row inmates who were exonerated called today on Gov.-elect Byron Donalds to halt Florida's rapid ...

The Gallup poll was conducted after convicted murderer Christa Pike survived a failed execution on Sept. 30, thrusting the issue of capital punishment into the spotlight nationwide. The publicity over ...

In recent decades, support for the death penalty has declined the most with Democrats but has also seen declines among ...

Meghan, 45, said in a statement to Us following news of Thomas’ son, Thomas Markle Jr., telling The Sun newspaper that he had ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s commutations of death sentences marked how far California has changed on criminal justice over three ...

Anthony Bechand stabbed Amanda Rodriguez more than 40 times before fleeing into the Adirondacks, where he was captured after ...

The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has ordered the death sentence reinstated for a Mobile man convicted of killing his wife and toddler son. The court ruled that a judge improperly discounted ...