The already dying capital punishment system could be eradicated much sooner if evangelical Christians would stop supporting ...

In Ford v. Wainwright, the court held in 1986 that “insane” people could not be sentenced to die; Atkins v. Virginia in 2002 ...

A ceremony will cap a history marked by legal tussles, a secret training, resignations, a deal with a serial killer and raw ...

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court a judge’s ruling upholding the ...

Serious flaws have been found in state's capital punishment system. Clemency should be considered for Emmanuel Littlejohn now ...

However, experts told the media that stricter punishment or even the death penalty will not act as a deterrent or reduce the ...

Wells Fargo's latest regulatory rebuke for insufficient efforts to combat money laundering will probably prolong another ...

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Kolkata: The West Bengal government, led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, plans to introduce a bill, and pass it in 10 days ...

Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, on Wednesday called for the enactment of a capital punishment law for ...

While its MPs have called for wider discussions on death penalty and its disproportionate effect on the marginalised, the ...

Thailand’s Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) has arrested a Singaporean national wanted for drug trafficking who ...