More people disapprove of the state killing people. Commuting death sentences to life in prison would be an act of mercy. | ...
With every cell of my being and with every fiber of my memory, I oppose the death penalty in all forms. I do not believe any civilized society should be at the service of death. I don’t think it’s ...
Not long ago, FLORIDA TODAY Engagement Editor John Torres wrote a piece about witnessing the pending execution of Bryan Jennings for the 1979 murder of a six-year-old little girl, Rebecca "Becky" ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shannon Gilday, 23, of Taylor Mill, could face the death penalty after he was convicted of murder in a deadly Madison County home ...
Jurors who last week found Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. guilty in the kidnapping and death of Dru Sjodin are deliberating whether the case qualifies for the death penalty. Jurors began deliberations around ...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Missouri bill to end the death penalty is getting its first public hearing. House Bill 2153, introduced by State Rep. Jim Murphy (R-St. Louis), would remove the death ...
Protesters call for an end to the death penalty outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Dec. 3, 2025. Credit: OSV News photo/Jason Reed, Reuters The U.S. system of capital punishment operates ...
Life-without-parole sentences are steadily replacing the death penalty across the United States. Almost 56,000 people nationwide are now serving sentences that will keep them locked up until they die, ...
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 ...