In the U.S., individuals can face the death penalty even when their guilt is not proven beyond a reasonable doubt. A ...

The American Civil Liberties Union joins law firms to argue that capital trial juries in Kansas are racially discriminatory.

South Carolina’s death penalty law is unevenly applied. Some horrific killers get life sentences, while those who commit ...

News coverage of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson's stalled lethal injection raises questions about Texas executing the ...

The U.S. is among one of the leading countries in executions. Gallup polling shows that as of last year, 53% of Americans ...

Cassandra Stubbs, director of the ACLU’s Capital Punishment Project, speaks with reporters after a hearing on the death penalty in Wyandotte County District Court. The ACLU is challenging the death ...

After the Bears offense came to life for a late comeback, the defense gave up a 52-yard Hail Mary TD pass on the last play ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is calling for the resignation of State Representative Jeff Leach after his admission to ...

Idaho’s (capital punishment) scheme fails utterly to define those who should be death eligible,” said Jay Logsdon, public ...

Experts testified Monday that the death penalty is racially biased, and the flawed system is set up to kill Black men at a ...

Iran has executed a Jewish citizen convicted of murdering another man following a personal dispute. It was a rare case of an execution of member of a religious minority in the predominately Muslim ...

In the wake of a tragic rape and murder case at RG Kar Medical College, junior doctors are calling for CBI action and the ...