Abolitionists will have to play defense at the federal level, and plot a long-term strategy for ending the death penalty in ...

The defense plans to call two expert witnesses at the hearing — forensic pathologist Dr. Barbara Wolf and University of Idaho law professor Aliza Cover, whose research has examined capital punishment ...

Two ongoing death penalty cases once again have revived a divide in this country over the effectiveness of trading one life ...

Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students, is back in court Thursday as his lawyers argue to take the death penalty off the table, claiming he would face an ...

In the wake of the rape and murder case at Kolkata's R.G. Kar Medical College, junior doctors have called for the Central ...

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

A local court here on Monday awarded capital punishment to a convict in a case of rape and gruesome killing of a minor girl ...

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

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

South Carolina law allows up to three media members to witness an execution who then share what they saw and heard inside the ...

Govt. will recommend capital punishment for those committing crimes against women, children: Naidu. If laws permit, such persons should be booked under the gravest of grave crimes, says the Chief ...

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 for a 18-15 loss to the Commanders.