On Sept. 10, 2010, Cal Brown was executed by lethal injection at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. He is likely to be the last person to be executed in Washington state. There’s a number ...

Michael Zoosman is the Chaplain, Cantor and Founder of “L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty. Shalom Aleichem Tennesseeans: We, the members of L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty, are an ...

It's been 20 years since New York's capital punishment law was invalidated. But since the law is still on the books, it could one day be revived. Credit: Getty Images. Twenty years ago, the New York ...

Vivian Balakrishnan says capital punishment continues to have public support as a deterrent and to protect society.

Among the dozens of executive orders issued by President Donald Trump on Inauguration Day was one calling for a dramatic expansion of the use of the death penalty. The order utilizes falsehoods about ...

The Church at large is giving serious thought to capital punishment. Church councils and denominational assemblies are making strong pronouncements against it. We are hearing such arguments as: ...

Taiwan’s Constitutional Court upheld the legality of the death penalty but moved to limit its use, in a decision that strikes a balance between keeping the punishment’s deterrent effect and preventing ...

Over half of Russians call for the restoration of capital punishment. However, one more sociological survey of the Levada Centre showed that the number of supporters of death penalty is gradually on ...

An antiabortion demonstrator holds a sign reading “Love Them Both” outside the Supreme Court on May 11 in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg News) Analysis by Philip Bump Both capital punishment ...

Some prominent Russians are calling for the execution of those responsible for the massacre at a concert hall near Moscow, and an end to Russia’s 28-year moratorium on capital punishment. By Valeriya ...

We, the members of L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty, are an international group that advocates against the death penalty and provides spiritual support to all of those impacted by the ...

This distinguished constitutional theorist takes a hard look at current criminal law and the Supreme Court’s most recent decisions regarding the legality of capital punishment. Examining the penal ...