Tennessee has executed Oscar Smith for the 1989 murder of his estranged wife, Judith Smith, and her sons, Jason and Chad ...

Human justice is never perfect. That’s why the death penalty is so dangerous. Indiana reminds us that it’s still with us.

Oscar Smith came within minutes of being executed before Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee issued a surprise reprieve just over three ...

Charges have been filed against a man accused of shooting dead two Israeli embassy staff members at the Capital Jewish Museum ...

The proposal includes ending capital punishment for embezzlement and bribery, replacing it with life imprisonment without ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court set execution dates for four people on death row in 2025. Oscar Franklin Smith's execution May 22 was the first in five years. A judge has temporarily called off one man's ...

A judge has struck down federal prosecutors’ plan to pursue the death penalty in a Reno case after they said they would not ...

Indians face death penalty abroad, with lack of transparency in legal proceedings and execution details. NoRKA-Roots offers legal aid.

If the state of Indiana moves forward with the execution of convicted murderer Benjamin Ritchie on May 20 as planned, the ...

Before Aaron Gunches' execution in March, experts warned that pentobarbitol could cause him to suffer. Here's what the medical examiner's report showed.

Interestingly, Labour has recently proposed chemical castration as a potential punishment for certain repeat sex offenders — ...

Deputy Judge President and Masvingo High Court judge Justice Garainesu Mawadze commuted Admire Maovere and Windas Munzweru’s ...