Ex-governor Michael Dukakis endorses campaign to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg, executed in 1953

Robert and Michael visited the White House in 1953 in a failed bid to get President Eisenhower to stop their parents’ executions. More than ...

1916: Eric Poole, the first British officer shot at dawn during World War I

The Shot at Dawn Memorial, Staffordshire, UK A century ago today in the Great War, Second Lieutenant Eric Poole laid down his life at the c...

34 Years Ago, the First Person Died by Lethal Injection in Texas. It Was Controversial Then, Too

Texas' death house at 'The Walls' Prison, where the state of Texas carries out its executions. The death chamber is located at t...

Ethel Rosenberg's sons plead with Obama to exonerate mom in spy case

Robert and Michael visited the White House in 1953 in a failed bid to get President Eisenhower to stop their parents’ executions. WASHINGTON...

230 Years Since The Death Penalty Was Abolished for the First Time

The execution of  King Louis XVI on Revolution Square, on January 21, 1793 In 2016 90 countries and 2 territories retain the death penalty f...