Ending capital punishment had been a dormant issue in Indiana, but advocates now believe a Republican-led effort to abolish ...

Two mass clemency decisions contributed. But more prisoners leave death row after courts overturn their sentences. As a ...

Death row populations in the United States have declined to historic lows. The Death Penalty Policy Project reviewed 50 years of data and found that U.S. death rows shrank more last year than any ...

Before that, the law was broadly applied by DOC and former Gov. Eric Holcomb’s office to shield details about how the state ...

Indiana legislative effort to abolish death penalty gains support from Archbishop Charles C. Thompson. He cites the Roman Catholic Church's position on dignity of life and death.

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 25 people were executed in the United States in 2024. The number of death sentences imposed was 26. There are 2,092 people on death row in the United ...

Indiana lawmakers call for an end to the death penalty with House Bill 1030, citing concerns of wrongful convictions and execution of innocent people.

A Frenchman on death row in Indonesia since 2007 for drug offences left for France on Tuesday, with his lawyer saying he was ...

Morris called on Holcomb to block that execution and death sentences for Indiana’s seven other death row inmates. The representative insisted then – and again on Monday – that “human life ...

Dubbed the Death Row Granny, Velma Barfield ... In 1936, he became the first person sentenced to death by hanging in Lockport, Indiana. Barrett killed FBI Agent Nelson B. Klein in a shootout ...