When Christa Pike was sentenced to die in 1996 after being convicted of murdering a classmate, Tennessee was among 37 states ...

President Donald Trump floated expanding capital punishment following the botched attempted execution of convicted murderer ...

Trump has used the full might of the presidency to supercharge executions, but an avalanche of mishaps has put the system’s flaws in the spotlight ...

In his 1975 book, “Systemantics,” John Gall hypothesizes that complex systems tend to fail, and not because of bad intentions ...

In March, Virginia abolished capital punishment, startling many Americans. But for close observers, the news wasn’t a huge surprise. “The United States has undergone a sea change in its views toward ...

As a botched Tennessee execution renews death penalty scrutiny, this is what polls show about opinion on capital punishment.

The last YouGov poll on the issue, conducted a year ago, found half of voters would favour a return of capital punishment. Among Reform voters the figure was 82 per cent. Between 2019 and 2022, the ...

Tennessee’s unsuccessful attempt to end the life of Christa Pike with a lethal injection is spurring debate over capital ...

Utahns must always be aware of, and responsible for, what the state does in our name,” The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board ...