The United States is an outlier among developed nations when it comes to the ultimate punishment. One state has executed by ...
When it comes to abolishing the death penalty in the U.S., a small but determined band of activists and policymakers are ...
On Sept. 20, Freddie Owens, 46, a death row inmate convicted of murder, armed robbery, use of a firearm in the commission ...
Jarvis Jay Masters, who gained national attention after Oprah Winfrey selected his autobiography for her influential book ...
Taiwan's constitutional court ruled on Friday that the death penalty is constitutional but only for the most serious crimes ...
A Taiwan court decided on Friday to retain capital punishment, but ruled its application should be "limited to special and ...
The court, however, limits it to 'special and exceptional circumstances' and bans its use for mentally ill defendants ...
The ruling reflects a compromise between international pressure for abolition and domestic support for harsh punishment to ...
A petition filed by 37 death row inmates was rejected, but with a call to apply it only in ‘exceptional’ cases. The last ...
Washington state is closing its death chamber this week, but South Carolina is scheduled to carry out its first execution ...