As state leaders continue to take steps towards carrying out their first execution in years, President Donald Trump is taking action regarding capital punishment in his first days in office.

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The Justice Department is rescinding its protocol for federal executions that allowed for single-drug lethal injections with ...

Montana lawmakers are considering a bill intended to allow the state to again administer the death penalty for the third ...

The federal government will no longer use pentobarbital in executions due to concerns of "unnecessary pain and suffering," a ...

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Tehran, United Arab Emirates: In a rare attack targeting the judiciary, two prominent hard-line judges were fatally shot in ...

Calling the current system inhumane and problematic, a state lawmaker wants to give voters the chance to replace the current ...

The Justice Department is rescinding its protocol for federal executions that allowed for single-drug lethal injections with pentobarbital WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department is rescinding its ...