Two men accused of homicide and facing a potential death sentence if convicted asked Pennsylvania’s highest court to restrict ...

In the court filing, the organization argues that since Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh took office in 2021, ...

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

A Tuesday filing says Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh misuses capital punishment to pressure defendants into ...

Travis Posey on Monday pleaded guilty in a Ouachita County courtroom to four counts of capital murder and 11 counts of attempted capital murder in the June 2024 mass shooting at the Mad Butcher ...

With lethal injection drugs proving both costly and difficult to obtain, a growing number of Indiana Republican lawmakers and state officials are pushing for an alternative: the firing squad.

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

Indiana is scheduled to execute Roy Lee Ward for raping and murdering 15-year-old Stacy Payne in 2001. Ward waited for ...

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

Teresa Youngblut's attorneys said the court was rushing the process that could determine whether or not the government could seek capital punishment in the case. The government opposed that ...

Ending capital punishment would advance South Korea’s transition to a democracy that respects human rights, including the right to life.