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The South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stop the execution of Freddie Owens who is set to die by lethal ...

Taiwan's Constitutional Court issued a ruling on Friday upholding the legality of the death penalty, which is still imposed ...

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

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

Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, on Wednesday called for the enactment of a capital punishment law for ...

Serious flaws have been found in state's capital punishment system. Clemency should be considered for Emmanuel Littlejohn now ...

Kolkata: The West Bengal government, led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, plans to introduce a bill, and pass it in 10 days ...

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

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

However, experts told the media that stricter punishment or even the death penalty will not act as a deterrent or reduce the ...

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