Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from a historic ruling in the case of a woman on death row for murder.

Though Trump is unable to put the commuted inmates back on death row, he did ask the attorney general in the order to “take ...

Joe Biden believes the death penalty "must stop" at the federal level, except for those guilty of terrorism and mass murder motivated by hate, the White House said. Biden is commuting the death ...

For a second offense, fines increase to $200-$500 and penalty assessments rise to $520-$1,300. On a $500 fine, you'd ultimately pay between $1,020 and $1,800. That's almost as much as the average ...

Aaron Brian Gunches' execution would mark a resumption of Arizona's use of the death penalty after a two-year pause while it reviewed its procedures. In a handwritten court filing this week ...

I am far less interested in debating the death penalty than I am in seeing it debated accurately. Toward that end, here is my assessment of the claims in John Lott’s recent commentary on the ...

Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty, a widely expected move in a country that last carried out the punishment nearly two decades ago. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who once faced the death ...

Zimbabwe has officially abolished the death penalty after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law a bill on Tuesday which will commute sentences of around 60 prisoners on death row to jail time.

“These reviews are among the most difficult decisions a Governor can make and the death penalty is the most severe sentence that the state can impose,” Cooper said in a statement. “After ...

JEKESAI NJIKIZANA / AFP Zimbabwe officially abolished the death penalty Tuesday, December 31, after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law an act that will commute to jail time the sentences ...

Dec. 31 (UPI) --Outgoing North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday announced 15 commutations of the death penalty to life in prison without the possibility of parole. "These reviews are among the ...

Parvais Jabbar is the Executive Director of an international legal NGO specialising in death penalty issues. It is a not for profit organisation and is funded by a number of foundations as well as ...