President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping execution order on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take ...

They have lost their daughter, they don’t want someone else to die. They want the supplementary chargesheet to be filed and ...

Capital punishment has continued to become rarer in recent years, and public opinion of the practice keeps growing dimmer ...

Of the many executive orders President Donald Trump issued, one reinstates federal capital punishment. The order, “Restoring ...

Oklahoma AG Drummond has requested the transfer of inmate George John Hanson from federal to state custody for execution, ...

The Calcutta High Court has reserved its order on two appeals challenging the sentence of Sanjay Roy, convicted for the rape ...

The Calcutta High Court is deliberating on appeals by the CBI and West Bengal government, both challenging the adequacy of a ...

President Donald Trump wants to “restore the death penalty” through an executive order he signed earlier this week. “The death penalty is not effective,” ...

The president is directing the Justice Department to overrule the Supreme Court in cases where the justices have found ...

Death penalty opponents fear President Donald Trump is poised to start an "execution spree" after returning to the White ...

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond asked the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to transfer a convicted murderer from federal ...

The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The number of new death sentences remained small by historical standards ...