Beshear, a rising star in the Democratic Party, is not a prominent and outspoken abolitionist. In fact, during an October ...

More than 70% of counties around the world have banned the death penalty, including the European Union. And yet in the U.S., ...

In addition, every Democratic presidential candidate in 2020 openly opposed capital punishment —including Kamala Harris. “I’ve long been opposed to the death penalty.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man plans to plead not guilty to charges he killed the top Democratic leader in the state ...

The indictment handed up lists murder, stalking and firearms charges against Vance Boelter, and could carry the federal death ...

A man indicted Tuesday on charges he fatally shot the Democratic leader in the Minnesota state House and her husband, and ...

Opponents of the death penalty have criticized Biden for failing to honor his campaign promises concerning capital punishment.

The U.S. Supreme Court has taken up a series of cases to be decided during its next term, which begins in October, involving ...

A Gallup poll last year found that 65% of Democrats oppose the punishment. The Democratic National Committee did not respond to an email asking if the party still supports abolishing the death ...

Deacon Denny Davis, a leading voice against capital punishment in South Dakota, told NCR he was "not happy at all" about the lack of commitment to ending the death penalty in the 2024 Democratic ...

2021 is the seventh year in a row with fewer than 30 executions and 50 new death sentences, a report from the Death Penalty Information Center found.