Penenden Heath is now a "nice country park" in Kent, but the land has a "dark history". Tour guide and amateur historian Shane Waterman told Secret Kent that executions took place at the site from at ...

The history of capital punishment in Indiana is long, twisting and beset by problems. The process that led to the early-morning Oct. 10 execution of Roy Lee Ward at the Indiana State Prison in ...

Louisiana is resuming executions for the first time Tuesday night after a 15-year pause. Louisiana is one of 27 states that still uses the death penalty as a form of punishment. Sign up for our ...

Protesters call for an end to the death penalty outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Dec. 3, 2025. Credit: OSV News photo/Jason Reed, Reuters The U.S. system of capital punishment operates ...