The amendment to remove capital punishment from Delaware’s Constitution must be voted on twice consecutively by lawmakers.

Attorneys for Utah death row inmate Ralph Menzies filed a new petition asking the court to reconsider his competency due to ...

Defense attorneys for Teresa Youngblut file a motion against the DOJ's accelerated capital punishment process after Border ...

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A plea bargain offered in the Brian Kohberger case creates a predictable, quicker, cheaper—and to some—a more ethical outcome ...

Amnesty International condemned on Monday a surge in executions in Saudi Arabia in recent years, highlighting particular concern for capital punishment used in cases of drug-related offenses and the ...

It is learnt that the leaders within the ruling Aam Aadmi Party were also divided on the issue of capital punishment.

The move, one official said, would help the country extradite suspects from abroad. It would also spare the life of a ...