The latest schedule of executions in the United States is another grim reminder that capital punishment remains an entrenched ...

Capital punishment is often justified with the argument that by executing convicted murderers, we will deter would-be murderers from killing people. The statistical evidence doesn't confirm that ...

If offenders with mental retardation were excluded from capital punishment, other offenders ... The Retribution and Deterrence Rationales," 43 Rutgers Law Review 15 (1990).

Even as President Donald Trump and other national Republican leaders push to expand the use of capital punishment, some GOP-led states are moving in the opposite direction.

Even if capital punishment did act as a deterrent, is it acceptable for someone to pay for the predicted future crimes of others? Some people argue that one may as well punish innocent people ...

In light of the recent nationwide call for swifter execution of rapists and the Law Advisor’s reponse, we revisit the legal and societal implications of the death penalty for rape ...

Capital punishment has long been used in the U.S. as “the ultimate deterrent and only proper punishment for the vilest crimes. Our Founders knew well that only capital punishment can bring ...

The argument about potential sentencing measures comes as Judge Steven Hippler warns defense attorneys and prosecutors on the ...

Yeah, that’s a deterrent. Iowans and their elected ... leaders and challenge them to introduce and vote on a limited capital punishment bill, limited to those prisoners who murder a prison ...