The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...

Some of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s senatorial candidates propose varied crime-fighting measures, from agency ...

Proponents of the death penalty often claim that capital punishment serves as a deterrent to crime, yet this has not been ...

A bill in the Alabama Legislature could soon make first-degree rape and sodomy of a child under 12 punishable by death.

The death penalty is a divisive issue in Ohio. Whether the death penalty will be abolished in Ohio, and what forms it may ...

An overwhelming majority of Batswana are in favour of maintaining capital punishment for the most serious crimes despite ...

The bill prescribes the death penalty for kidnappers and mandates the confiscation and demolition of properties used in kidnapping.

A proposal to give prosecutors the option of seeking the death penalty in child rape cases cleared a state House committee in ...

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has proposed the death penalty for fake drug ...

And while its success in rooting out corruption has won the nation many accolades, it’s a different matter when it is their zero-tolerance approach on drugs which includes using the death penalty as a ...