Police sub-inspector Gopal Badane, accused of repeatedly raping the doctor, surrendered at the Phaltan Rural Police Station ...

Twenty-seven former Ohio lawmakers have joined the movement to abolish the death penalty in the state, citing concerns over ...

More than half of prisoners sentenced to death in the United States have been on death row for more than 18 years. Texas, ...

North Carolina’s “Iryna’s Law,” signed by Governor Josh Stein, enforces stricter criminal procedures and sets the stage for ...

When the pope came out and essentially said that I am not pro-life if I look at the life of one of these miscreants as being ...

Sri Lanka should implement the capital punishment for large scale drug traffickers, Prisons Commissioner General Jagath Weerasinghe asserted.

The Supreme Court’s three liberal justices laid out a remarkable critique of nitrogen hypoxia executions Thursday, asserting ...

Alabama executed Anthony Boyd using nitrogen gas, a novel execution method criticized as unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme ...

Prosecutors say they follow Ohio's death penalty law. But critics believe political pressure has driven disparities in cases ...

After three executions in less than a year — ending a nearly 15-year pause in Indiana’s use of capital punishment — it’s not ...

A recent child sex abuse case in South Florida is one of the first in the country to see a possible death sentence, raising ...

Ohio's death penalty law is in limbo. Supporters and critics agree on one thing: the status quo isn't working.