The amendment to remove capital punishment from Delaware’s Constitution must be voted on twice consecutively by lawmakers.

Defense attorneys for Teresa Youngblut file a motion against the DOJ's accelerated capital punishment process after Border ...

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Attorneys for Utah death row inmate Ralph Menzies filed a new petition asking the court to reconsider his competency due to ...

Amnesty International condemned on Monday a surge in executions in Saudi Arabia in recent years, highlighting particular concern for capital punishment used in cases of drug-related offenses and the ...

Vietnam has officially removed the death penalty for eight criminal offenses, including embezzlement, bribery, and the ...

The high-profile assassination of a top Minnesota lawmaker and her husband could bring about a form of punishment outlawed in ...

The move, one official said, would help the country extradite suspects from abroad. It would also spare the life of a ...