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 ...

The clause is included in a disputed plea agreement between a Pentagon official and the man accused of planning the attacks ...

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A memo directs DOJ staff to pursue the death penalty for undocumented immigrants who have been charged with capital crimes, ...

But what then is capital punishment but the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's deed, however calculated it ...

Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday had refused to accept the plea of the state government demanding death punishment of ...

The state government argued before the high court that apart from the central agency, it too can move an appeal claiming ...

- May 12, 2018: In one of the quickest deliveries of justice the country has seen, a 25-year-old man who kidnapped, raped and ...

Security agencies in the FCT have called for stronger judicial support to ensure stricter punishments for vandals who steal.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has set a March 7 date for the latest execution in the state’s suddenly busy death chamber.

Former Supreme Court judge J. Chelameswar criticizes India's colonial legacy of capital punishment, urging action to honor ...