Capital Punishment

Ohio’s New Lethal Injection Process Illegal, Says Federal Judge

Magistrate Judge Michael Merz issued a court ruling delaying the implementation of Ohio's new lethal...

Jan 28, 2017 07:36 PM EST

New Utah bill may allow executions of human traffickers

Utah bill was approved 6-3 by lawmakers that gives the death penalty to someone convicted of human t...

Feb 03, 2016 05:19 AM EST

Man Executed in Texas for Killing Game Warden 9 Years Ago

A man from Texas was executed on Wednesday for killing a game warden in 2005 during a shootout follo...

Jan 28, 2016 04:17 AM EST

Fate of death row inmates in Florida became uncertain after US Supreme Court's announcement of changing capital punishments

The fate of the 390 inmates on Florida's death row was uncertain. The American Bar Association said ...

Jan 18, 2016 02:43 AM EST

U.S. justices unlikely to address death penalty's constitutionality

When the last U.S. Supreme Court term ended in June with an unusual showdown over a decision approvi...

Sep 21, 2015 08:53 PM EDT

China orders compensation to acquitted death row prisoner

A court in China's southern city of Fuzhou ordered compensation of 1.14 million yuan ($182,000) to a...

Feb 17, 2015 08:04 AM EST

U.N. chief appeals to Indonesia to stop death row executions

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to Indonesia on Friday not to execute prisoner...

Feb 14, 2015 06:30 AM EST

China considers abolishing death penalty for nine crimes

China is considering trimming nine crimes from the list of offences punishable by death, state media...

Oct 27, 2014 01:59 AM EDT

Dehli Gang Rape: Indian Court Sentences 4 Men To Death by Hanging for the Fatal Beating of Woman on Moving Bus (Video)

An Indian court sentenced four men to the death penalty for the gang rape and murder of a student in...

Sep 13, 2013 01:26 PM EDT

Alabama Execution: Rights Group Argued Andrew Reid Lackey Had Been Mentally Ill Prior to Receiving Death Penalty

The state of Alabama executed convicted murderer Andrew Reid Lackey who prisoner rights groups said ...

Jul 26, 2013 02:47 PM EDT

Inmates John King And Brian Tucker Captured After Escape From Texas Jail

A capital murder suspect and a convicted drug offender were the subject of a two-day manhunt, after ...

Apr 05, 2013 02:56 PM EDT

Holmes Death Penalty Decision: Prosecutor Says "Justice is Death" As DA Seeks Capital Punishment Against Defendant (Video)

Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler announced his team will seek the death penalty ag...

Apr 01, 2013 02:46 PM EDT