Two men accused of homicide in Pennsylvania are asking the state Supreme Court to limit a prosecutor's use of the death ...

A sessions court in Paschim Medinipur district on July 25, 2023, ordered death penalty for masons Bikash Murmu and Chhotu Munda, while sentencing labourer Tapati Patra to life term after finding them ...

Kevin Hines, a contractor maintaining postal machines, was killed during his first shift at a Missouri City USPS facility.

Amid state plans to execute convicted killer Ralph Menzies, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said, "There are probably circumstances" ...

More than 70% of counties around the world have banned the death penalty, including the European Union. And yet in the U.S., ...

INDIANA – Indiana is set to execute Roy Lee Ward on October 10th for the 2001 rape and murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne.

Arkansas prosecutors will be able to seek the death penalty in some rape cases involving children when a new statute goes ...

Indiana is grappling with the high cost and short shelf life of the drug pentobarbital, which is used in executions.

Race and Capital Punishment The case of Stanley "Tookie" Williams has renewed debate over perceptions of racial prejudice in our justice system. NPR's Farai Chideya discusses color and capital ...

LUCKNOW: A district court in Auraiyya, central Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday awarded capital punishment to a woman named Priyanka for killing her three sons, all a ...

Prosecutors at the Raba Bima District Court in West Nusa Tenggara have demanded the death penalty for four drug couriers, citing sufficient evidence that the ...