Iran executed at least 1,639 people last year, the highest number recorded there since 1989, two non-governmental organisations say. The total represents an increase of 68% compared to 2024, when 975 ...

Prosecutors on Tuesday agreed to take the death penalty off the table in their case against Pamela Hupp, accused of killing ...

Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a Fayetteville woman accused of killing her two adopted children, Blake and ...

Defense says special counsel is no longer needed after Luigi Mangione’s case shifted away from the death penalty.

A judge rejected Judge Bronwyn Miller’s efforts to dismiss disciplinary charges brought against her by a state judicial ...

A Pennsylvania House committee on Monday passed a pair of bills that would abolish capital punishment in the commonwealth, ...

Defense attorneys for the man accused of killing a couple who were hiking at Devil's Den State Park want more specifics on ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Pope Leo spoke out against the death penalty and called for its abolition in the U.S. and worldwide. In a ...

Pope Leo reiterated the Catholic Church's teaching that the death penalty is "inadmissible," in a video message released ...

The decision over whether the U.S. government will seek the death penalty in the case of accused political assassin Vance Boelter is now in the hands of the ...

President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has reaffirmed its support for the death penalty, including the use of the ...

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