Although Nigeria is a signatory to ICCPR, which provides guidance on the application of the death penalty, it has yet to abolish ...

Teresa Youngblut's attorneys said the court was rushing the process that could determine whether or not the government could ...

Arkansas prosecutors will be able to seek the death penalty in some rape cases involving children when a new statute goes ...

Beshear, a rising star in the Democratic Party, is not a prominent and outspoken abolitionist. In fact, during an October ...

Yug Mohit Chaudhry, a Mumbai-based criminal lawyer and one of India’s most prominent voices against capital punishment, explains why executions are overwhelmingly imposed on the poor, why ...

The governor said Indiana no longer has any usable lethal injection drugs. Instead of purchasing more — and risking ...

Arkansas prosecutors will be able to seek the death penalty in some rape cases involving children when a new statute takes ...

Ending capital punishment would advance South Korea’s transition to a democracy that respects human rights, including the right to life.

More than 70% of counties around the world have banned the death penalty, including the European Union. And yet in the U.S., ...

Earlier this month, her attorneys said the court was rushing the process that could determine whether or not the government ...

Florida schedules the execution of Kayle Bates for the 1982 murder of Janet White, marking the state's increase in capital ...

Bill would make murder while creating a “great risk of death” to other people eligible for capital punishment.