The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The number of new death sentences remained small by historical standards in ...

Recent judicial rulings in India have reignited debates about the fairness and consistency of capital punishment.

Even where multiple murders have been committed, if there is evidence or at least a reasonable possibility of reform, a ...

Arizona death row inmate Aaron Gunches has asked to be executed next month. This comes as Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney ...

Maximilian Snyder, who has been charged with killing a California landlord, applied for a marriage license last year with Teresa Youngblut, who has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting ...

Supreme Court directs no penalty for doctors protesting the Kolkata doctor's murder, ensuring their participation in protests ...

Zimbabwe has just banned the death penalty. While it should remove an exemption clause, which might allow for capital punishment’s return were a state of emergency to ...

Days before South Carolina’s next execution, the state’s American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the so-called “shield law” that cleared the way ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed hospitals and medical colleges across the country to not penalise doctors and medical ...

The support behind reintroducing capital punishment is mostly being driven by millennials, with three in five (58 per cent) ...

The proposal would link capital punishment repeal with prohibitions on state funding for abortion or physician-assisted ...

A majority of Britons now support bringing back capital punishment, a shock new poll has found in the wake of Axel Rudakubana ...