Trump’s administration has been pushing for the death penalty, but judges are blocking attempts to reverse previous decisions.

President Trump's administration endeavors to reverse death penalty decisions made by predecessors, but faces significant judicial challenges. The US Attorney General, Pam Bondi, has authorized pursuing capital punishment in cases where the Biden administration opted for lesser sentences.

The Reform movement’s Washington-based advocacy arm is urging Attorney General Pam Bondi not to seek the death penalty for the man accused of killing two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, D.C.,

Opponents of capital punishment on Friday called on Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to reverse Arkansas' decision to allow nitrogen suffocation as a method of execution, calling the method inhumane and barbaric and asserting that states that have approved the method haven't weighed the consequences.

The U.S. directed prosecutors to not seek capital punishment for three reputed drug lords, including one in a DEA agent's killing, court filings show.

Foreign defendants are rarely sent to the United States if they might face death, and America’s use of capital punishment has been a significant point of friction with Mexico’s government.

Missy was pronounced dead in May after being found unresponsive at her home in Tallahassee’s Southwood neighborhood. Her mother Chloe Spencer and stepfather Daniel Spencer are now charged with first-degree murder in her death, along with a slew of child abuse charges.

On his final day in office in December, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper issued clemency to 15 people on death row. The N&O previously reported. Death-penalty opponents are urging Democratic Gov. Josh Stein to grant clemency to the 121 remaining death row inmates.