A dozen countries on the continent still execute and most still have the death penalty in law, if not in practice ...

Brad Sigmon, set for execution by firing squad on March 7, seeks a delay, citing concerns over South Carolina’s lethal ...

The Supreme Court on Feb. 25 threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who has ...

Ramos pleaded guilty to killing Sacramento police rookie Tara O’Sullivan, but a prior jury deadlocked on whether he should be ...

Iowans and their elected officials are doing nothing to protect both prison employees and inmates from death. So please ...

Florida governor is advancing his anti-immigrant crusade with a measure that experts consider unconstitutional ...

Rights activists in Singapore and Malaysia will hold candlelight vigils to protest capital punishment as Singaporean authorities prepare to execute a Malaysian man for drug trafficking despite mountin ...

After a Delhi court sentenced former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar to life imprisonment in a murder case connected to the 1984 ...

Florida officials aren't wasting time implementing their new legislation, which increases penalties for crimes committed by ...

Mamata highlighted her government's efforts to ensure justice and emphasised the introduction of the Aparajita Bill, which ...

Mamata Banerjee, peaking at a special gathering of senior and junior doctors and medical students at Dhono Dhanyo auditorium, ...