The 2025 Capital Crimes report from the Ohio Attorney General is out, and even though a state execution hasn’t been carried ...

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is again calling for the state to resume executions, saying a years-long pause has stalled ...

Iran announced the execution of two political prisoners on March 31, a day after the death penalty was also carried out on ...

Executions in the U.S. nearly doubled in 2025 over the previous year as Florida executed more prisoners in a 12-month span than ever before, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. The ...

Correction: An earlier version of this article misspelled the name of the director of the Catholic Mobilizing Network’s Death Penalty Abolition Program. It is Emmjolee Mendoza Waters. The correct ...

In the past year, the Afghan Taliban have flogged nearly 1,200 people and executed six individuals publicly, raising serious ...