The growing number of inmates on death row in Nigeria, currently standing at 3,833, has drawn renewed attention to a complex and deeply sensitive issue: the persistent reluctance of many state ...

Two men could get death sentences if convicted of murder over the fatal shooting of a government witness. The trial has been pushed back to 2027.

If anyone deserves to hang by the neck until dead, it’s Vance Boelter. Unfortunately, he won’t. Minnesota, the state where he ...

The novena began Aug. 6 and concludes Aug. 14, the memorial of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Catholic priest executed in Auschwitz ...

The answer is that in the upside-down legal world that governs executions, the burden is on the prisoner to come up with a ...

Liberian lawmakers have publicly admitted the government’s failure to curb drug trafficking and abuse, pledging to take ...

Women in Liberia are leading the charge against the rampant drug abuse ravaging youths in the West African nation.

A figurehead leader, he had little real power but did endorse measures that allowed the country’s generals to extend their ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has already executed more inmates this year than any governor in Florida history – and will soon add to ...

Sterling rose to a one-week high against a weaker dollar but hovered near a 10-day low versus the euro ahead of Thursday's Bank of England meeting. The market was pricing in a 93% chance that the BOE ...

Wednesday, the Wyandotte County District Attorney announced it will pursue the death penalty for 38-year-old Shawn Harris, who is accused of killing Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Deputy, Elijah Ming on ...

Under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida has executed more people so far this year than any other state, setting a new state record ...