WASHINGTON, April 23 (UPI) -- Death penalty opponents are predicting a large number of executions this summer in U.S. states now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on lethal injections.

TRENTON, N.J., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- New Jersey could become the first state to repeal the death penalty since the U.S. Supreme Court lifted its moratorium on executions in 1976.

WASHINGTON, March 26 (UPI) -- Three of eight U.S. attorneys fired by the Justice Department last year challenged the government on prosecuting capital cases, the Los Angeles Times reports. As Congress investigates whether there was political motivation in the firings, the Times found

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Executions in Florida are on hold following stays for two killers by the U.S. Supreme Court.

RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Virginia Gov. Mark Warner plans to order DNA tests that reportedly could show a man executed for rape and murder in 1992 was innocent.

WASHINGTON, April 25 (UPI) -- A report issued Monday says 125 people were sentenced to death in the United States in 2004, the fewest since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976.

HOUSTON, March 15 (UPI) -- Prosecutors said Monday in Texas they want two executions put on hold until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the issue of executing juveniles for murder.