Yug Mohit Chaudhry, a Mumbai-based criminal lawyer and one of India’s most prominent voices against capital punishment, explains why executions are overwhelmingly imposed on the poor, why ...

SB 33 will create the California Success, Opportunity and Academic Resilience (CalSOAR) Program to temporarily provide ...

The University of Idaho victims' families are split on a plea deal for Bryan Kohberger that spares him the potential death ...

The death penalty, Japan's ultimate punishment, has been carried out in the country for the first time in two years and 11 ...

Michael Bell is to be executed on July 15 for murdering two people outside a Jacksonville bar Dec. 9, 1993, when he went on a ...

The Maryland cases were originally scheduled for separate trials, but the defendants requested a joint proceeding despite concerns from their attorneys; a judge granted the request following a court ...

ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. Welcome to the initial biweekly “ScotusCrim” column for SCOTUSblog, which we hope ...

England have given themselves hope of making the World Rugby U20 Championship semi-finals after beating Australia 36-33 in a ...

As Florida approaches a grim milestone in its use of the death penalty, more than 100 faith leaders are calling on Governor ...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops focused on morality in its own campaign to end capital punishment, which was launched in 2005. And from time to time, popes have made special appeals to ...

While the state leads the nation in executions, 100 Florida faith leaders call on DeSantis to pause what they call ...