The defendants say Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh misuses capital punishment to pressure defendants into ...

Dubai: In a controversial move stirring intense debate, the Pakistan Senate (Upper House) has passed the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025, abolishing the death penalty for the public stripping of ...

Although Nigeria is a signatory to ICCPR, which provides guidance on the application of the death penalty, it has yet to abolish ...

Thankfully, the case against me was purely political, and I had the support of relentless advocates and negotiators who ...

The Pakistan Senate issued a ruling last week abolishing the death penalty for the public stripping of women. The ruling body ...

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INDIANA – Indiana is set to execute Roy Lee Ward on October 10th for the 2001 rape and murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne.

Arkansas prosecutors will be able to seek the death penalty in some rape cases involving children when a new statute goes ...

With lethal injection drugs proving both costly and difficult to obtain, a growing number of Indiana Republican lawmakers and ...