Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 25 people were executed in the United States in 2024. The number of death sentences imposed was 26. There are 2,092 people on death row in the United ...

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

One of Trump’s most despicable day-one executive orders revoked Biden’s moratorium on federal executions, ensured that states ...

Explore the inspiring true story behind 'Just Mercy,' where attorney Bryan Stevenson battles for the truth and justice for ...

Two men in Texas are sentenced to death for murdering their children — for one of them, it is already too late. For the other ...

The executions of Steven Nelson in Texas and Demetrius Frazier in Alabama come in the context of the Trump administration’s efforts to bolster the federal death penalty and to encourage the 27 states ...

TOKYO, Feb 7, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Japan's retrial system will be scrutinised by legal experts for possible revision, officials ...

House Judiciary Committee Chairperson Bruce “Firing” Skaug, R-Nampa, may succeed in getting more people executed in the Gem ...

On Wednesday, a proposed bill which would compensate Kentuckians wrongfully convicted of a crime, took its next step in the legislative process.

The Dhaka High Court acquitted all convicted persons, including nine people sentenced to death, in a case involving an attack ...