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

Yug Mohit Chaudhry, a Mumbai-based criminal lawyer and one of India’s most prominent voices against capital punishment, explains why executions are overwhelmingly imposed on the poor, why ...

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

The nation set a 10-year high for capital punishment when Florida executed inmate Michael Bernard Bell by lethal injection at ...

An Alabama legislator wants to expand the number of circumstances that can allow the death penalty to be imposed. Rep. Matt ...

Despite the temporary reprieve, the victim’s family has made it clear that they are unwilling to accept any settlement or ...

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 ...

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

Kerala Nurse Nimisha Priya's execution has been postponed but the Yemeni family has reiterated demand for capital punishment., India News, Times Now ...

Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

On Tuesday, the state of Florida is set to execute Michael Bernard Bell for the 1993 murders of two people outside the ...

Priya’s execution — originally scheduled for Wednesday — was postponed on Tuesday amid efforts by clerics, Malayalis, the ...