Committees like the Malimath and Madhav Menon Committees have recommended statutory frameworks for sentencing. Adoption of alternative sanctions and a victim-centric approach are suggested to improve ...

Alan Lorenz’s £6.4m estate was left to his Maltese partner who had entered into a civil partnership with him just weeks ...

Smith, who was asked to choose between lethal injection and the electric chair, declined to pick, his attorney Kelley Henry, ...

The European Union, in partnership with Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture in Liberia (ACAT-Liberia), has launched a new initiative aimed at supporting legislative efforts to abolish ...

Then-new Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled. Years later, inmates say they ...

Suge Knight agreed to a seven-figure settlement with Terry Carter's family over a 2015 fatal hit-and-run, ending a legal fight before retrial.

Hutchinson was convicted of killing his girlfriend, Renee Flaherty, and her three children: 9-year-old Geoffrey, 7-year-old ...

Tsarnaev’s lawyers allege two jurors were biased when they agreed to sentence him to death in June of 2015 for “using weapons ...

Eight defendants charged in multiple crimes with more than 120 combined counts for the deaths and injuries of dozens of victims appeared in court this week.

A bill in the Oklahoma House that would add the death penalty or life for any person convicted of certain crimes against ...

A hearing was held Thursday, April 17 in Caddo District Court for a death row inmate who is trying to appeal his sentence.

A judge temporarily paused Idaho from carrying out any executions until the state improves access so that the media can see ...