Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Thursday spared the life of a death row inmate just hours before his scheduled execution. “After a thorough review of the facts and prayerful consideration, I have chosen ...

A death row inmate in Oklahoma was preparing for his scheduled execution Thursday when Gov. Kevin Sitt spared his life. The governor announced his decision to commute Tremane Wood's sentence from ...

The death-row inmate, Tremane Wood, 46, had already had his last meal. It was only the second time Gov. Kevin Stitt has stepped in to stop an execution. By Michael Levenson Gov. Kevin Stitt of ...

The Israeli parliament advanced two controversial bills on Monday, including one that would expand the use of the death penalty for convicted “terrorists” and individuals found guilty of ...

Two people were put to death last week. The first happened when Florida carried out the execution of Bryan Jennings. Jennings had been convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, sexual battery, ...

A controversial bill proposing the death penalty for Palestinian terrorists — backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — has ignited intense public and political debate. While Netanyahu initially ...

Tennessee’s Catholic bishops issued a plea for mercy, calling for an immediate halt to the death penalty and its eventual abolition as the state prepares to execute Harold Wayne Nichols on Dec. 1.

US prosecutors urged a judge to reject a request by Luigi Mangione’s lawyers to dismiss federal death-penalty charges over last year’s fatal shooting of a UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive in New York ...

Japan faces steep challenges in abolishing the death penalty despite repeated calls from human rights groups, legal experts and the Catholic Church, as public support for capital punishment remains ...

Florida has executed 16 people this year, the most of any state in the modern era. The article proposes life in prison without parole as a sufficient alternative to the death penalty. I argued earlier ...

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 ...

15 MINUTES. CAMERON. YEAH, BACK TO THE BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. OKLAHOMA DEATH ROW INMATE TRAMAINE WOOD WAS JUST SAVED FROM EXECUTION AT THE LAST MINUTE. A DRAMATIC MOVE FROM GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT ...