Is Wyandotte County the beginning of the end of Kansas’ death penalty? Judge to decide
For the past several weeks, a major challenge to Kansas’ death penalty has been underway in a Wyandotte County murder case.
Roy Cooper’s commutations should signal the death penalty’s end in North Carolina | Opinion
Gov. Roy Cooper is the first governor in the history of North Carolina’s modern death penalty to commute more than two death ...
Bryan Kohberger’s attorney takes on death penalty — again. This time in a different case
Anne Taylor asked the judge in a slew of motions to remove capital punishment as an option using the same legal playbook that ...
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Countries that still have the death penalty
The death penalty, or capital punishment, is the state-enacted execution of a person as punishment for a capital crime.
State appeal of death penalty ruling delays trial in Palm Beach Gardens boy's 2021 killing
Palm Beach County prosecutors want to seek the death penalty in the November 2021 fatal stabbing of Ryan Rogers, 14, of Palm Beach Gardens.
Death penalty sought against suspect in deadly Las Vegas Strip stabbing spree
Prosecutors say they are planning to seek the death penalty for the man charged with killing two people and injuring several ...
Two Death Row Inmates Want to Reject Joe Biden's Clemency—Here's Why
Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis have filed emergency petitions seeking to block the commutations of their death sentences.
Two death row inmates reject Biden's commutation of their life sentences
Two federal prisoners who are among 37 inmates whose death sentences were commuted last month by Biden say they are refusing ...
Lethal injection expert asks Arizona Supreme Court to deny death warrant request
A lethal injection expert has asked the Arizona Supreme Court to deny the attorney general's request for an execution warrant for Aaron Gunches.
Judge denies motion to quash death penalty in Bloomfield double homicide trial
A man accused of murdering two people in a Northeast Nebraska town could still get the death penalty after the latest ruling ...
2 Prisoners Ask Judge to Block Biden’s Death Sentence Commutations
The men said that, by reducing their sentences to life in prison, President Biden’s act of clemency could hurt their appeals.
Why Zimbabwe abolished the death penalty
In a historic move, Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty, following a decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Once sentenced to death himself, Mnangagwa's decision marks a significant shift in ...