--- title: Death Penalty | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/death-penalty/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/death-penalty/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Death Penalty ## Death Penalty *  Nov 13, 2019 ## [Appeals Court Grants Rodney Reed Execution Stay](https://time.com/5722795/rodney-reed-innocent-execution-protests/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Josiah Bates *  Jul 26, 2019 ## [Here's Why Death Penalty Opponents Say Resuming Federal Executions Is the Wrong Move](https://time.com/5635787/executions-death-penalty-reaction-opponents/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Melissa Chan *  Apr 10, 2019 ## [Use of Death Penalty Drops to Lowest in a Decade: Report](https://time.com/5567252/death-penalty-lowest-in-decade-amnesty/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Amy Gunia *  Mar 16, 2019 ## [The Death Penalty Could Become a 2020 Issue. But a Growing Number of Conservatives Disagree With Trump](https://time.com/5552894/death-penalty-kamala-harris-conservatives/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Abigail Abrams *  Oct 13, 2017 ## [Pope Francis Wants Church to Change Doctrine on Death Penalty](https://time.com/4980984/pope-francis-death-penalty-catholic-church/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Eli Meixler *  Jul 14, 2017 ## [Remembering America's 'Angel of Death Row'](https://time.com/4858368/death-row-angel-scharlette-holdman/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by David Von Drehle *  Mar 28, 2017 ## [Former Warden: Arkansas Execution Rush Is Dangerous and Risky](https://time.com/4712443/arkansas-executions-midazolam-death-penalty/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Allen Ault *  Dec 21, 2016 ## [Death Penalty Slowly Fading Away Across the U.S.](https://time.com/4607300/death-penalty-2016-record-low-executions/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Josh Sanburn *  Nov 9, 2016 ## [Nebraska Restores the Death Penalty](https://time.com/4563703/nebraska-restores-death-penalty-election/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Josh Sanburn *  Nov 9, 2016 ## [Oklahoma Votes to Add Death Penalty to Its Constitution](https://time.com/4563488/oklahoma-death-penalty-referendum/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Josh Sanburn *  Nov 7, 2016 ## [Death Penalty's Future Will Be Decided in 3 States](https://time.com/4561649/death-penalty-referendum-california-nebraska/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Josh Sanburn *  Nov 1, 2016 ## [How to Solve Poor Kids Being Priced Out of Youth Sports](https://time.com/4553041/how-to-solve-poor-kids-being-priced-out-of-youth-sports/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by The Aspen Institute *  Sep 12, 2016 ## [Duterte Will 'Respect' Indonesia's Decision on Filipina Maid Convicted of Drug Smuggling](https://time.com/4487141/duterte-jokowi-indonesia-drugs-mary-jane-veloso/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Yenni Kwok *  Jul 28, 2016 ## [Indonesia Rejects Appeals to Halt 14 Executions](https://time.com/4427922/indonesia-execution-drugs/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Casey Quackenbush *  Jun 29, 2016 ## [Looking for a Permanent Home for the Olympics](https://time.com/4387665/home-for-the-olympics/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by The Aspen Institute ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/death-penalty/","name":"Death Penalty"}}]}] ```