More than 70% of counties around the world have banned the death penalty, including the European Union. And yet in the U.S., capital punishment has hit a 10-year high. Distinguished Princeton ...

On Tuesday, the state of Florida is set to execute Michael Bernard Bell for the 1993 murders of two people outside the ...

The nation set a 10-year high for capital punishment when Florida executed inmate Michael Bernard Bell by lethal injection at ...

Thirty years ago, the film “Dead Man Walking” had its debut in movie theaters around the United States. It was a box office ...

An Alabama legislator wants to expand the number of circumstances that can allow the death penalty to be imposed. Rep. Matt ...

Despite the temporary reprieve, the victim’s family has made it clear that they are unwilling to accept any settlement or ...

Federal prosecutors say a judge should not delay their decision on whether to seek the death penalty against a woman who is linked to a cult-like group and accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agen ...

The new law makes assassination attempts on heads of state—including the president, vice president, any state governor, or ...

Yug Mohit Chaudhry, a Mumbai-based criminal lawyer and one of India’s most prominent voices against capital punishment, explains why executions are overwhelmingly imposed on the poor, why ...

LUCKNOW: A district court in Auraiyya, central Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday awarded capital punishment to a woman named ...

Mother accuses FM Autonomous College's Principal and HOD of mental torture leading to student's self-immolation attempt in ...

The death penalty was banned in the UK under all circumstances in 1998. Since then, the debate about capital punishment has ...