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Demonstrators against the death penalty stand outside the Moakley Federal Court during first day of the penalty phase for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on April 21, 2015 in Boston.

Here's Why Death Penalty Opponents Say Resuming Federal Executions Is the Wrong Move

The Justice Department on Thursday said it would go back to executing feder...

The Justice Department on Thursday said it would go back to executing federal death-row inmates for the first time in nearly two decades—a move capital punishment opponents quickly denounced as a step backward for criminal...

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Remembering America's 'Angel of Death Row'

She was called “the Angel of Death Row” more than a few times in her life, ...

She was called “the Angel of Death Row” more than a few times in her life, but Scharlette Holdman was not everyone’s idea of angelic. She had a salty tongue and a wicked sense of...

This combination of undated photos provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows death-row inmates Jack Harold Jones Jr., left, and Marcel Williams. Both men are scheduled for execution on April 24, 2017.

Arkansas Wants to Execute 2 Men in 1 Night. That Went Badly Last Time

Judges deny inmates' appeals to halt lethal injections

Judges deny inmates' appeals to halt lethal injections

Death Penalty Slowly Fading Away Across the U.S.

2016 continued the decline in death sentences and executions

2016 continued the decline in death sentences and executions

Alabama's lethal injection chamber at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala.

The Drug Used in Alabama’s Problematic Execution Has a Controversial History

Midazolam has been criticized for not properly making inmates unconscious

Midazolam has been criticized for not properly making inmates unconscious

Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on April 13, 2016.

Obama's Visit to Saudi Arabia Comes at a Fraught Time for the Kingdom

The U.S.-Saudi alliance goes deep, but changes in the oil industry and regi...

The U.S.-Saudi alliance goes deep, but changes in the oil industry and regional politics is calling it into question as the President visits

A woman holds a picture of Maryam Rajavi, president elect of National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) during a demonstration denouncing Iran's use of the death penalty, on the occasion of the official visit to France by the Iranian President on January 28, 2016 in Paris.

Behind the Alarming Surge in Executions Worldwide

Figuring out why executions have spiked isn't easy

Figuring out why executions have spiked isn't easy