Imposition of appropriate punishment is the manner in which the courts respond to the society's cry for justice against the ... goes that the death penalty reinforces the belief that bad things ...

Efforts to repeal the death penalty have been introduced in two Republican-led states, with some lawmakers citing their Catholic faith as a factor in their opposition to capital punishment. The ...

It's been 15 years since Louisiana executed a death row prisoner. Here's when the death penalty started in Louisiana and what ...

Almost 1,000 people were executed in Iran in 2024. While lawyers and activists protest against the wave of executions, rights ...

The Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s ruling that had upheld death row inmate Richard Glossip’s murder conviction.

"We may use different language to explain where we stand on the spectrum of our beliefs, but we agree that there is a moral imperative to end the use of the death penalty in the state of Ohio ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A bipartisan group of lawmakers, interdenominational religious leaders and activists are calling for an end to the death penalty in Indiana ... a growing consensus from religious ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been openly vocal about being against the death penalty. During his career as a barrister he was called to the bar in several Caribbean countries where he ...

During Louisiana's 15-year pause on executions, the pendulum has swung intensely for elected officials in their beliefs the death penalty and ... only murder or crimes against the state are ...