The U.S. carried out 47 executions in 2025—the highest total in years—despite falling public support, fewer death sentences, ...
Corrections staff dismantle the death row lethal injection facility at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., in 2019 after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a moratorium on the state’s ...
A file photo shows protesters calling for an end to the death penalty outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. On Dec. 3, 2025, a coalition of more than 50 organizations from across the country ...
A rise in executions in the United States in 2025 occurred alongside “shifting public opinion” against the death penalty, offering anti-death-penalty advocates a hopeful sign going into 2026 even amid ...
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — States are moving in sharply different directions on the death penalty, with some looking to broaden when and how executions occur while others try to scale them back or ...
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