A Republican, he imposed a moratorium on capital punishment, saying he could not support a death-row system “so fraught with ...

The Supreme Court has upheld the decision to allow a two-judge bench to hear appeals in the 2002 Godhra train burning case, ...

According to Truong Viet Toan, former Deputy Chief Judge of the Criminal Court under the Hanoi People’s Court, the Ministry ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the argument that a three-judge and not a two-judge bench should hear appeals of convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case as the issue was of capital ...

In March, South Carolina executed Brad Sigmon, who was sentenced to death for killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a ...

The amendments in the Offences Against the Person (Amendment) Bill increase the mandatory minimum sentence for non-capital ...

BY DAVID BASSEY ANTIA The recent judicial pronouncement sentencing Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer ...

Does killing a killer kill justice?

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT As the death penalty continues to be a point of heated debate 60 years since the last person was ...

Tennessee has plenty of prison space to incarcerate the “worst of the worst,” saving Tennesseans a whole heap of money in ...

The State of Florida intends to seek the death penalty against David barber, the Florida man accused of killing 72-year-old ...

Cleophus Cooksey was arrested in December 2017 after police responded to a call at his mother’s home and found him with blood ...