Gov. Josh Shapiro issued his first death penalty reprieve earlier this month, as advocates for abolishing capital punishment say the political winds continue to shift slowly in their favor. The ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro issued his first death penalty reprieve, continuing Pennsylvania's moratorium on executions and reflecting ...

A total of 47 men, have been killed by states operating the death penalty throughout the duration of this year.

Forty-seven men killed by states operating death penalty – almost double last year’s number ...

More than 20 states have banned the death penalty, yet Pennsylvania hasn’t. The question of whether the commonwealth should ...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld Gov. Tom Wolf's decision to grant a reprieve to death-row inmate Terrance Williams, while declining to address the propriety of Wolf's moratorium on the death ...

Indonesia signed an agreement on Tuesday to repatriate two British nationals, including a seriously ill grandmother on death row for more than a decade on drug charges, a minister said. Indonesia has ...

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s decision to block the execution of a man convicted of killing four people at a Chuck E. Cheese in Aurora, Colo., two decades ago has infuriated some victims' ...

Saudi Arabia has surpassed its record for the number of executions carried out annually for a second year in a row. At least ...

Nick Reiner may face the death penalty if he is convicted of murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Singer Reiner, but he would not necessarily be executed ...