The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...

The death penalty provision is included in bills (HB 3C and SB 4C) that also criminalize undocumented immigrants over 18 who "knowingly" enter Florida after evading U.S. immigration officers.

People convicted of homicides represented about 56% of the population serving life without parole as of 2024, data shows. But ...

Undocumented immigrants convicted of first-degree murder or raping children would face mandatory death sentences, under bills advanced Wednesday by key House and Senate committees.

But a few years after crafting the constitution, a strong push for the death penalty’s restoration due to increasing crime rates led to its re-establishment during the administration of former ...

"President Trump's executive order demanding capital charges for the murder of law enforcement officers or capital crimes by illegal aliens is unnecessary bluster, because the death penalty ...

As far back as the Ancient Laws of China, the death penalty ... because of this fact. In response, in 1794, the Pennsylvania legislature abolished capital punishment for all crimes except murder ...

Much of Wednesday's discussion focused on a proposal to eliminate in-state tuition rates for students brought to the U.S. as ...

“Countries that have abolished the death penalty have not experienced an increase ... as a deterrent to crime, adding that it has not resulted in a reduction in crime rates, rather, they ...

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has called for billions of dollars in property tax relief and teacher pay raises.