After Japan’s first execution of a prisoner in almost three years, the European Union and other countries responded with a ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Japan's worst criminals face their death inside a highly secretive execution room located inside a nondescript office block.

Takahiro Shiraishi, 34, was hanged after murdering nine people — eight of whom were young women he targeted after they ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors can pursue the death penalty against Bryan Kohberger if he is convicted of murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022, despite ...

The newly proposed Larry Henderson Act would increase penalties for aggravated murder against certain types of officers and ...

Critics say there’s no evidence that castration prevents future sex offenses. Yet several states are weighing such measures.

Pharmacists in the country have argued that capital punishment may not address the systemic lapses that allow drug counterfeiting to thrive.The experts maintained that while fake drug peddlers deserve ...