More than 70% of counties around the world have banned the death penalty, including the European Union. And yet in the U.S., ...

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

The US has carried out 25 executions this year, with 60% concentrated in Florida, Texas, and South Carolina, while new death ...

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

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

While the state leads the nation in executions, 100 Florida faith leaders call on DeSantis to pause what they call ...

Michael Bernard Bell, convicted of multiple murders is set to be executed Tuesday—marking the 26th execution in the U.S. this ...

The attorney defending Richardson Dangleben Jr. is arguing that the U.S. Attorney’s notice that the office intends to seek the death penalty “should be struck as cruel and unusual,” but ...

Miami-Dade Commissioner Marleine Bastien responds to a child's assault at Gwen Cherry Park, promising community safety ...

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 ...

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