Lady-Photo / Getty Images Conservative Activists Warn of 'Constitutional Crisis' as WY Votes to Maintain the Death Penalty 'Today's vote to keep the death penalty, paired with that budget, risks a constitutional crisis,' Taylor told The Western Journal. By Samantha Kamman March 19, 2021
South Carolina Department of Corrections / AP South Carolina Death Penalty Debate Part 2: Is Capital Punishment 'Pro-Life' or 'Anti-Life'? South Carolina legislators' efforts to resume state executions have reignited debates surrounding the death penalty. By Samantha Kamman March 8, 2021
AP Photo / Jeffrey Collins South Carolina Senate Votes to Add Firing Squad as Option for Execution South Carolina no longer wants inmates sentenced to death to be able to dodge the death penalty, so the state might use firing squads. By Jack Davis March 7, 2021
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation / Getty Images South Carolina Looks to Expand Executions: Conservative Anti-Death Penalty Advocate Says Policy Is 'Outdated' A recent set of bills could allow criminals to be executed by the electric chair or firing squad if lethal injection is unavailable. By Samantha Kamman March 5, 2021
W. Scott McGill / Shutterstock State Calls Off Execution After Supreme Court Says Inmate's Pastor Must Be Allowed in Room Alabama canceled an execution after the Supreme Court required the state to allow an inmate's pastor to be present in the execution room. By The Associated Press February 12, 2021
Lucy Clark / Shutterstock State Lawmakers Vote to Abolish Death Penalty Following Heated Debate Both chambers of the Virginia Assembly voted to abolish the death penalty. By The Associated Press February 5, 2021
Jacquelyn Martin - Pool / AP Democrats Now Pushing to Commute the Sentences of Every Death Row Inmate Congressional Democrats have decided to go on the offensive, and the federal death penalty appears to be their first target. By Garion Frankel January 31, 2021
Sarah Silbiger / Getty Images 'Say Their Names': Leftists Honor Criminals Put to Death During Trump Era - Here's the Uncomfortable Truth Liberals are criticizing the Trump administration for executing 13 death row inmates. Here's who they were and what they did. By Michael Austin January 19, 2021
Astrid Stawiarz / Getty Images; Mandel Ngan - AFP / Getty Images Alec Baldwin Just Said He Dreams of Trump's Hanging - Why Hasn't He Been Deplatformed for Inciting Violence? The man who portrays President Trump on 'Saturday Night Live' shared his dream about Trump facing a hangman's noose. By C. Douglas Golden January 18, 2021
Getty Images Dems Begin Push to End Federal Death Penalty Democrats are denouncing the death penalty as racist as they call for its abolition under Joe Biden, who will become president on Jan. 20. By Jack Davis January 17, 2021