Advocates hope the move will lead to an end to capital punishment in the US south, where most executions occur.Virginia...
Death penalty
Justices will hear an appeal of a lower court ruling that overturned the death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.The US Supreme...
Business leaders from different sectors and spanning multiple continents are joining forces to call for an end to the death...
The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) added 11 cases to its “Innocence List” that tracks American death row exonerations on...
Islamabad, Pakistan – In a landmark verdict, Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled that imposing the death penalty on prisoners living...
A disproportionate number of Black people have been sentenced to death and are on death row, the groups say.Dozens of...
Virginia legislature passes measure, paving way for signature of Governor Northam, who already voiced support.The Virginia House of Delegates voted...
US President Donald Trump’s administration carried out its 13th federal execution since July, an unprecedented run that concluded just five...
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has said he supports a bill introduced by state legislators to end capital punishment in the...
A Kansas woman was executed for strangling an expectant mother and cutting the baby from her womb, the first time...
