The 2001 execution of South African Mariette Bosch remains emblematic of Botswana’s clandestine approach. Bosch was hanged early on a Sunday morning, without her family being informed in time. Her ...

"In the cases that are the most horrifying, we have to spend the most effort to make sure that the outcome is just," a longtime public defender said.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta upheld the conviction of Byluru Thippaiah for what it termed “barbaric and ruthless murders.” ...

The execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, convicted of murdering a Yemeni national in 2017, has been postponed — but the victim’s family remains resolute in demanding capital punishment. Priya, a ...

New research from sociologists finds that local Catholic leaders are more likely than many other Christian clergy to speak ...

More than 70% of counties around the world have banned the death penalty, including the European Union. And yet in the U.S., ...

The defense lawyer for a man accused of killing the top Democratic leader in the Minnesota House and her husband, and wounding another lawmaker and his wife, says he plans to plead not guilty ...

Federal prosecutors say a judge should not delay their decision on whether to seek the death penalty against a woman who is linked to a cult-like group and accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agen ...

A man convicted of fatally shooting two people outside a Florida bar in 1993 as part of an attempted revenge killing has been ...

An Alabama legislator wants to expand the state’s death penalty law to cover more circumstances, including cases where a ...

With five months left, 2025 already ties the total number of executions in 2024 and 2018. Michael Bernard Bell, who is set to ...

Bill would make murder while creating a “great risk of death” to other people eligible for capital punishment.