Gov. Kelly Ayotte wants to bring back death penalty in New Hampshire, but a House committee recommended against it.

Capital punishment remains legal throughout much of the United States. However, the form of execution does vary. These are ...

While capital punishment is rarely used in the U.S., other countries continue to carry out the method of final judgment. While typically reserved for the most extreme cases, some of these execution ...

The Associated Press - Trump’s idea to seek the death penalty for all murders in Washington is part of a long push by the Republican to expand capital punishment. Most killings in Washington, however, ...

President Donald Trump said he plans to pursue reviving the death penalty in Washington for those convicted of murder amid his crime crackdown in the nation’s capital. "If somebody kills somebody in ...

In 2023, Florida enacted two laws that broadened capital punishment sentencing. One lowered the threshold from requiring a unanimous jury vote of 12 to 0 to a vote of 8 to 4 — the lowest in the ...

President Donald Trump said at an Aug. 26 Cabinet meeting that capital punishment will be sought for all murders in Washington, D.C. Trump's comments came amid his federalization of the police force ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he wants prosecutors to pursue the death penalty in murder cases in Washington, D.C. But that idea runs headfirst into the city’s local laws, which ...

The bills aim to restore and broaden the use of capital punishment in New Hampshire, seven years after its repeal ...

Executions are on the rise in the United States. After creeping upward since the coronavirus pandemic, when the country's use of the death penalty reached a historic low, the numbers have skyrocketed ...

State lawmakers have taken up President Trump’s aggressive push to expand the use of the death penalty, setting up legislative and legal battles that could make a wider range of crimes subject to ...