The ruling reflects a compromise between international pressure for abolition and domestic support for harsh punishment to ...

The already dying capital punishment system could be eradicated much sooner if evangelical Christians would stop supporting ...

It will be a key test of its reputation as one of the most progressive societies in Asia.  Read more at straitstimes.com.

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) officials are planning to take its last 'death chamber' ...

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court a judge’s ruling upholding the ...

Solidarity Summit on Homelessness highlighted the ties between affordable health care and rental housing, harm reduction ...

In Ford v. Wainwright, the court held in 1986 that “insane” people could not be sentenced to die; Atkins v. Virginia in 2002 ...

With South Carolina set to resume executions Friday for the first time since 2011, the cruel and unusual case of George ...

Convicted on all charges, Eric Frein remains in prison after his September 2014 attack on the Pennsylvania State Police ...

A ceremony will cap a history marked by legal tussles, a secret training, resignations, a deal with a serial killer and raw ...

Tennessee seeks death penalty in the case against Kenneth DeHart Jr. for the fatal shooting of Deputy Greg McCowan.

Some are now urging South Caroilina's highest leader to stop the execution of convicted murderer Freddie Owens from happening ...