Jeb Bush says he struggles with the death penalty

The former governor and 2016 candidate says his Catholic faith influences his policy decisions, but he breaks with the church on this issue

• Dec 3, 2015

The Execution of Joseph Wood

An execution of a man in Arizona with a new cocktail of drugs was supposed to take about 10 minutes. It took almost two hours, the longest execution in U.S. history

• Nov 29, 2015

Texas man addresses "loved ones" before being executed

Raphael Holiday, who set fire that killed three children, becomes 13th person to be put to death this year in Texas

• Nov 19, 2015

Serial killer sentenced to death, for the fourth time

Oregon killer Dayton Leroy Rogers has been spared on appeal three times; he killed eight women in the 1980s

• Nov 17, 2015

Appeals court rejects Calif. death penalty challenge

Court reverses lower court ruling that found state's death penalty unconstitutional because of excessive delays

• Nov 12, 2015

Missouri execution on hold while court considers appeal

Man convicted of beating three people to death claims execution drug could cause painful seizures due to benign tumor in his brain

• Nov 3, 2015

Last meals of death row inmates

In his "No Seconds" series, photographer Henry Hargreaves captures the haunting images of death row inmates' last meal requests

• Nov 2, 2015
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Photographer recreates the last meals of death row inmates

In his "No Seconds" series, photographer Henry Hargreaves captures the haunting images of death row inmates' last meal requests

• Nov 2, 2015

Black death row inmate sentenced by white jury before Supreme Court

Timothy Tyrone Foster does not deny killing a 79-year-old woman, but he says he didn't get a fair trial; Supreme Court to hear his case

• Nov 1, 2015

Florida executes man convicted of fatally stabbing ex-wife, daughter

Jerry Correll put to death nearly three decades after being convicted of killing four people, including his 5-year-old daughter

• Oct 29, 2015

Workplace beheading suspect: "We all have to die"

Clinical psychologist testifies accused Oklahoma killer Alton Nolen is intellectually impaired with IQ of 69; prosecutors say they'll seek the death penalty

• Oct 27, 2015

Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro sentencing underway

Sentencing is underway for Ariel Castro - the man who held three women captive for about a decade in his Cleveland home

• Aug 1, 2013
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​Report: Ariz. tried to illegally import execution drug

Documents obtained by AP show state tried to obtain sodium thiopental, which isn't approved in the U.S.; shipment seized at airport

• Oct 23, 2015

Justice Scalia: "Wouldn't surprise me" if death penalty struck down

Supreme Court justice addressed capital punishment during a University of Minnesota Law School appearance

• Oct 20, 2015

Ohio delays executions until 2017 over lack of lethal drugs

State has run out of supplies of previous drugs and unsuccessfully sought new amounts, including failed attempts to import chemicals

• Oct 19, 2015

​No Oklahoma executions until at least 2016

State AG investigating why the wrong drug was used during a lethal injection in January and almost again last month

• Oct 16, 2015

​Texas executes inmate for killing man in $8 robbery

Juan Martin Garcia put to death for the September 1998 killing and robbery of Hugo Solano, a Mexican missionary, over $8

• Oct 6, 2015

The Supreme Court's notable cases in new term

These are some of the noteworthy cases the Supreme Court will hear in its new term, beginning Monday

• Oct 3, 2015

Inmate was feet from death chamber when reprieve came

Oklahoma governor delayed execution of Richard Glossip amid concern about drug protocol

• Oct 1, 2015

Wolf-dog hybrid escapes death sentence after petition drive

Owners say Karma is a Siberian Husky; animal control officials deemed her a wolf-hybrid and ordered her euthanized

• Sep 30, 2015

Kelly Gissendaner executed in Georgia

State's only female death row inmate was put to death after hours of delays and despite plea from Pope Francis to spare her life

• Sep 30, 2015

State rejects Pope's plea to spare life of Ga. woman

Kelly Gissendaner was scheduled to be executed Tuesday night; state parole board again declines clemency after receiving letter from papal representative to U.S.

• Sep 30, 2015

Transcript: Pope Francis' address to Congress

The pope delivered a historic address to members of Congress Thursday that touched on immigration, climate change, the death penalty, marriage and more

• Sep 24, 2015

Pope Francis to Congress: Act on immigration, climate

Francis is the first pope to address a joint meeting of Congress, and he is not shying away from political differences with Republicans

• Sep 24, 2015

The D.A. And The Death Penalty

Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins explains to Scott Pelley why he is ambivalent about the death penalty.

• May 4, 2008
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