Until this year, death penalty executions had been dwindling across the nation. The sudden spike now is unusual, experts say. Forty-five people on death row have been executed so far this year, and ...

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about the lives of death row inmates at the Polunsky Unit here and a first-person account from a reporter who ...

Forty-four death row inmates across the U.S. have been executed this year, reaching a level not seen in more than a decade.

The U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty, a coalition of over 50 organizations, has been launched to abolish capital ...

A Texas court has halted the execution of a man convicted of killing his two-year-old daughter in a "shaken baby syndrome" case. Death row inmate Robert Roberson, who has always maintained the child ...

The U.S. has seen 35 executions this year, already surpassing the number of executions carried out last year and could be the highest since 2012.

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