The attack on a prison officer by Axel Rudakubana, the killer of the three girls at a dance class in Southport in 2024, has ...

China has been named the world’s lead executioner in Amnesty International’s annual report on global capital punishment, ...

If the state of Indiana moves forward with the execution of convicted murderer Benjamin Ritchie on May 20 as planned, the ...

Prosecutors say they will not seek to execute a Canadian awaiting trial in the United States for his alleged role in a ...

While directing reinstatement of a government employee terminated without charge sheet or disciplinary inquiry, the Rajasthan High Court said that an order of termination in service law is akin ...

The Death Penalty Information Center report reveals a disturbing pattern of prosecutorial misconduct in the death penalty ...

GOP lawmakers seek to close ‘dangerous loophole’ preventing local prosecutors from seeking capital punishment for most ...

Thiruvananthapuram court finds Cadell Jeansen Raja guilty of Nanthancode multiple murder case, facing possible capital ...

IDOC spent years trying to find lethal injection drugs, only to have their use-by date lapse while contending with delays, ...

Pope Leo XIV has not been shy in recent years about speaking out on hot-button issues, from the teaching of gender ideology in schools to gun control.

The announcement is the latest example of a shift in the politics of the death penalty since Donald Trump returned to office.

Florida Legislature has passed four bills expanding the state's death penalty, some of which are unconstitutional, and all ...