The defendants say Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh misuses capital punishment to pressure defendants into ...

Dubai: In a controversial move stirring intense debate, the Pakistan Senate (Upper House) has passed the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025, abolishing the death penalty for the public stripping of ...

Beshear, a rising star in the Democratic Party, is not a prominent and outspoken abolitionist. In fact, during an October ...

Although Nigeria is a signatory to ICCPR, which provides guidance on the application of the death penalty, it has yet to abolish ...

The Pakistan Senate issued a ruling last week abolishing the death penalty for the public stripping of women. The ruling body ...

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 ...

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

Minister Azalina Othman Said’s recent announcement on the formation of a task force to review Malaysia’s death penalty policy ...

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