The Alabama House of Representatives voted 86-5 for the bill that would allow prosecutors to pursue the death penalty when an ...

The estranged husband of an art dealer who was found stabbed to death in Brazil last year has been charged with hiring a hit ...

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order promoting the death penalty as an “essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous ...

James D. Ford, who was convicted of murdering a young couple in 1999 in southwest Florida while their toddler looked on, was ...

A New York man was indicted Tuesday for allegedly hiring someone to kill his estranged husband, a wealthy art dealer, who was ...

REFLECTING A divergence in decision-making on death penalty at different levels in the judiciary, the Supreme Court — for the second consecutive year — did not confirm a single death sentence in 2024 ...

Stakeholders in the justice sector have argued that the death penalty as a punishment for grievous offences does not deter crime. Speaking to The Guardian at separate interviews, they insist that ...

Stephan Sterns, the man facing a first-degree murder charge and the death penalty, if convicted, in the disappearance and ...

MANILA, Philippines — A House lawmaker filed a bill proposing the death penalty for public officials convicted of corruption, with execution by firing squad. Rep. Khymer Adan Olaso (Zamboanga ...

Public support for the death penalty, meanwhile, remained at a five-decade low, 53%. But the report’s most important finding for the future of capital punishment concerns the stark generational ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the proliferation of criminal youth gangs is at an all-time high. The government ...

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has said the decision to abolish death penalty ultimately lies with the Nigerians. Kalu said this when a delegation from the ...