Attorney Gilda Daniels and U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett denounce Trump's expansion of the federal death penalty, citing racial disparities and systemic injustices.

The Boston lawsuit said Trump’s order directly targets transgender Americans by attempting to deny them legal recognition ...

Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...

North Carolina is still feeling the adverse impact of the mandatory death penalty prosecution law, despite its repeal. | ...

It's not surprising that Trump’s actions are inconsistent with his stated inauguration goal of achieving the Rev. Martin ...

Two Miami Valley lawmakers were part of a bipartisan cohort Tuesday touting legislation to prohibit the use of state funds for assisted suicide and abolish the death penalty in Ohio, just a week after ...

Supporters of Demetrius Frazier, a Michigan prisoner facing execution in Alabama, are asking Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to ...

There are 144 countries that by practice or law, have abandoned the death penalty. There are 195 countries in the world. Of the 40 countries identified by the IMF (International Monetary Fund ...

Here's how Donald Trump’s new executive orders to reshape the military could ban transgender people from the force.

The steady decline in executions in the United States could see a reversal with President Trump seeking the expansion of capital punishment.

President Joe Biden's record of handling the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, is decidedly mixed.