Current law allows those who are sentenced to death for offenses committed before Nov. 23, 1992, to choose between death by ...

Robert Mickens says no murderers should be granted plea deals, but this one comes as a 'slap in the face' with a suspect who ...

Taiwan carried out its first execution in five years, triggering reaction from both human rights groups and international ...

A POCSO court sentenced Ashoke Singh to death for the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in West Bengal’s Hooghly ...

Fourth District Judge Steven Hippler in November denied 12 motions filed by the defense, collectively referred to as the ...

THE nation has carried out its first execution in nearly five years, drawing criticism from rights groups who said the use of capital punishment was a “huge setback” for the island’s human rights.

THE judiciary in Pakistan does not have established sentencing guidelines for the application of the death penalty.

A 42-year-old man was awarded capital punishment for the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in West Bengal's Gurap. The ...

It does seem to be a battle to save their client’s life rather than a real battle for what they believe to be the innocence ...

President Biden says he's commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses. That gives ...

Slaying of four people at Kansas City, Kansas, bar prompts constitutional challenge to Kansas' jury selection method in death ...

Two dozen men are under sentences of death sought by Sacramento County prosecutors and imposed by local juries, state data ...