Kohberger will avoid the death penalty by pleading guilty to the murders of four University of Idaho students. He’ll serve life without parole and waive all appeals, ensuring finality. But the deal ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi previously singled out the case as an example where federal prosectors could seek capital charges.

Every year thousands of people globally are wrongly accused of witchcraft, often with fatal consequences yet, says new ...

If it’s left to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who recently made an unprecedented intervention in the case, Roberson ...

The change reflects growing recognition within the Vietnamese legislative system that capital punishment is not a ...

THE CLOCK IS TICKING. Gov. Gavin Newsom still has a year and a half left in office, but advocates are starting their call now for him to commute, or reduce, all death sentences in ...

On the 19th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty in the Philippines, a human rights coalition is calling on ...

Missouri is one of two states where a judge can hand down death when juries cannot agree unanimously on a sentence.

More than 200 Civil rights groups urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to use his powers to commute California's more than 500 death ...

The high-profile assassination of a top Minnesota lawmaker and her husband​ could bring about a form of punishment long ...

An odd theme is cropping up in which death row inmates Gov. DeSantis chooses to execute next: Why are many of them ...

California's death penalty system has been shown to be racially discriminatory, with Black and Latino defendants up to 8.7 ...