Biden is facing calls to commute the sentences of 40 men on death row to prevent a spree of executions once Trump takes ...

Joe Biden ran for president opposing the death penalty. He faces calls to commute federal death sentences before ...

"Mass incarceration remains a persistent, systemic injustice that erodes the soul of America," Pressley and other lawmakers ...

The series of open letters from human rights activists and former corrections officials aligned with a larger push from ...

A federal appeals court has delayed a hearing in which an Oklahoma death row inmate is expected to make a final plea for ...

Biden didn’t end the federal death penalty. Advocates hope he’ll still commute the sentences of those on federal death row, ...

Pope Francis spoke about the situation on Sunday. His prayer was closely followed by the release of a series of open letters ...

The president never fulfilled his promise to end the federal death penalty. Taking action now could blunt Trump's vow to go ...

Pope Francis appealed on Sunday for U.S. authorities to commute the sentences of death row prisoners, in an unusual request ...

Admitted child murderer Kevin Ray Underwood is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Dec. 19 at the Oklahoma State ...

Civil rights groups, law enforcement officials, and religious leaders say Biden needs to use his pardon power to fulfill his ...

Multiple groups have now urged President Biden to save the 40 people on federal death row before Trump returns to power.