This year is expected to see capital punishment carried out more often than any other year since 2009. Experts weigh in on the increase.

Ohio's death penalty law is in limbo. Supporters and critics agree on one thing: the status quo isn't working.

A death row inmate died by a rare execution method yesterday (14 November) following his final meal. Stephen Bryant was the third person to be executed by a firing squad in the US state of South Carolina this year. When Brad Sigmon was shot to death in March, it was the first time this method had been used in 15 years.

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 end them entirely. Lawmakers in more than half of the states have introduced over 100 bills this year to either expand or

Ohio passed a law in 2021 that exempted people with mental illnesses from being executed. Nine inmates have been removed from death row.

The Federal Court has fixed Nov 12 to deliver its verdict on the prosecution’s bid to overturn an earlier panel’s decision that permitted prisoners