[From: Society’s Final Solution: A History and Discussion of the Death Penalty, Laura E. Randa, ed., University Press of America, Inc., 1997. Reprinted with ...

We know that the death penalty system is broken. Racial bias, junk science, underfunded public defense, and other serious breakdowns in our legal system can mean that people – sometimes innocent ...

Another country from the Middle-East makes it to the list. This time its Republic of Iraq. Iraq is said to have executed at least 88 people. This is a significant increase from the last year.

In Ford v. Wainwright, the court held in 1986 that “insane” people could not be sentenced to die; Atkins v. Virginia in 2002 ...

The outlet also reported the death chamber will be preserved for history as it was when it was active. It stated the stopped ...

He also has photos of sea scenes Smith painted from Death Row on bed sheets with water ... Read more from “In Cold Blood: A Legacy” See the slide show Watch the documentary On the video ...

A ceremony will cap a history marked by legal tussles, a secret training, resignations, a deal with a serial killer and raw ...

As the festivities finished up in Chicago last week, the Democrats quietly removed abolishing the death penalty from the party platform, a move that certainly will not help them distinguish ...

The con facing the death penalty in South Carolina on September 20 is inmate Freddie Eugene Owens, a double murderer. Many states where the practice is legal have struggled for years to acquire ...

A group of advocates for a Palestine man on death row filed a petition on Tuesday to stop his execution just 30 days before ...

Prosecutors in Allegheny County will seek the death penalty if she is convicted (Allegheny County Jail) Detectives investigating the incident noted in their reports that from the tallest point of ...

We oppose the use of the death penalty in every single case. No matter what the crime, who the alleged criminal is, or the method proposed to execute them – we will always stand against it. We’re ...