News coverage of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson's stalled lethal injection raises questions about Texas executing the ...

In the U.S., individuals can face the death penalty even when their guilt is not proven beyond a reasonable doubt. A ...

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the man who pleaded guilty to the 2019 murder of Sacramento police Officer Tara ...

The U.S. is among one of the leading countries in executions. Gallup polling shows that as of last year, 53% of Americans ...

South Carolina’s death penalty law is unevenly applied. Some horrific killers get life sentences, while those who commit ...

After the Bears offense came to life for a late comeback, the defense gave up a 52-yard Hail Mary TD pass on the last play ...

The American Civil Liberties Union joins law firms to argue that capital trial juries in Kansas are racially discriminatory.

Cassandra Stubbs, director of the ACLU's Capital Punishment Project, speaks with reporters after a hearing on the death ...

Iran has executed a Jewish citizen convicted of murdering another man following a personal dispute. It was a rare case of an execution of member of a religious minority in the predominately Muslim ...

Junior doctors in Kolkata are demanding strict action from the CBI and capital punishment for those involved in the rape and ...

Experts testified Monday that the death penalty is racially biased, and the flawed system is set up to kill Black men at a ...

In the wake of a tragic rape and murder case at RG Kar Medical College, junior doctors are calling for CBI action and the ...