Mexico is influencing hundreds of death row cases in the U.S. as it struggles to keep a lid on cartel violence — and paying liberal American attorneys to do it. The Mexican government has spent ...

Michael James Jackson, the man identified as the ringleader in the grim 2005 "buried alive" murders of a Jacksonville couple, has lost his bid to escape death row. Earlier this month, the Florida ...

For death penalty opponents, the dramatic spike in executions last year was truly horrifying. After several years of no more than 25 executions, there were 47 executions in 2025, nearly double the ...

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