More than 84 per cent of respondents believed that capital punishment deters the trafficking of drugs into Singapore.

On Monday, Judge Taylor Heaton of the 114th District Court said he will have his court officials set the first trial among ...

An advocacy group is urging Florida to stop executing veterans convicted of murder. Veterans are center stage in two of ...

Trump's administration has been pushing for the death penalty, but judges are blocking attempts to reverse previous decisions ...

In 2011, Japan for the first time in 19 years carried out no executions, and the number of convicts on death row reached its highest level ever. Law professor Kawai Mikio analyzes the degree of ...

Over 80 per cent of people in the region believe that the death penalty is an effective deterrent for serious crimes such as ...

Nagpur: The Supreme Court has decided to reopen the case of Vasant Dupare, who was convicted of raping and brutally murdering ...

In a significant and rare ruling, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed the reconsideration of the death penalty imposed on ...

El Mayo,” the elderly Mexican drug lord who took over “El Chapo’s” notorious cartel, skirted the death penalty in Brooklyn ...

Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for the three people accused of robbing, killing and leaving a Dallas-Fort Worth ...

KINSASHA- (MaraviPost)- A military prosecutor in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has demanded the death penalty for ...

The Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of a man convicted of raping and murdering a four-year-old girl, citing ...