His defense argued the prosecution “shirked its responsibility” to disclose evidence on time and, in turn, violated the court ...

Legislation proposed by a Susquehanna Valley lawmaker would abolish the death penalty in Pennsylvania. House Bill 888 would remove the death penalty as an option for punishment for first-degree murder ...

Not that Biden meant anything he said. In 2024, in the ultimate weasel move, Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of federal ...

Executions by firing squad are permitted in five states, but the new law will make Idaho the only state in which death by ...

Prosecutors won't say why they withdrew their intent to seek the death penalty against a couple accused of murdering their ...

The Jews Against Gassing Coalition formed in response to the Louisiana legislature’s adoption of nitrogen hypoxia as a legal execution method during a special session on crime called by Republican Gov ...

During the protest, students chanted slogans such as “Justice, justice, we want justice,” "We want the rapists hanged," and "Who are you, who am I, Asiya, Asiya." ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. Once again this week, the Supreme ...

Supreme Court Justices Powell, Blackmun, and Stevens allowed the death penalty to return. Then they disavowed it.

I want my closing statement to be one of love and a calling to my fellow Christians to help us end the death penalty,” Brad ...

If the governor is squeamish about the firing squad, perhaps he should be squeamish about the death penalty. | Opinion ...

Brad Sigmon chose to be the first person executed in the U.S. by firing squad in 15 years because he believed the ...