Capital punishment is the most harmful punishment available, so the state should only use it if no less harmful punishment is suitable; Other punishments will always enable the state to fulfil its ...

Defense attorneys for Teresa Youngblut file a motion against the DOJ's accelerated capital punishment process after Border ...

The president said he would seek capital punishment sentences for "all crimes of a severity demanding its use”. Con: not a deterrent "Study after study shows that the death penalty does not ...

Chief Justice of India Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai extolled Justice V R Krishna Iyer's legacy, highlighting his opposition to the death penalty and dedication to civil liberties and social justice.

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On June 29, 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment, as then administered by individual states, was ...

Vietnam has officially removed the death penalty for eight criminal offenses, including embezzlement, bribery, and the ...

Federal prosecutors in New Mexico said Friday they plan to seek the death penalty for the first time since 2018 in the case ...

The high-profile assassination of a top Minnesota lawmaker and her husband could bring about a form of punishment outlawed in ...

Truong My Lan had her appeal against the death penalty dismissed last year as she scrambled to repay billions of dollars, but ...

Capital punishment is vengeance rather than retribution and, as such, is a morally dubious concept; The anticipatory suffering of the criminal, who may be kept on death row for many years, ...