A reader says juries make mistakes, and studies show 4.1% of people sentenced to death are innocent. Also letters on property ...

In March, Virginia abolished capital punishment, startling many Americans. But for close observers, the news wasn’t a huge surprise. “The United States has undergone a sea change in its views toward ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Attorney General William Barr's directive last week for the federal ...

It is possible — some say, likely — that Virginia will soon abolish the death penalty, making it the 23rd state, and the first Southern one, to do so. Historically, Virginia has put more persons to ...

While several factors have contributed to what the non-profit describes as the death penalty’s waning nature, the trend was illustrated perhaps most starkly this week when outgoing Democratic Gov.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Death penalty opponents fear President Donald Trump is poised to start ...

The Anton Chekhov short story “The Bet” opens with a morbid dinner conversation. The guests debate which is worse—to rot in prison forever, or to be killed swiftly? The attorney general, Bill Barr, ...

“Cruel & Unusual.” Leading the attack are the American Civil Liberties Union and the N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund. “We have embarked on a major drive to have the death penalty abolished in all 50 ...

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D), left, looks at the electric chair in the death chamber at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt with operations director George Hinkle and warden Larry Edmonds on ...