Elaine* spent the final 20 years of her life writing letters to 25 long-term prisoners in the U.S. prison system. Each of the 24 men and the sole woman ...

The death penalty will only be pursued in "exceedingly rare cases" and the "most egregious" in Los Angeles County, according ...

A Midstate lawmaker is pushing to abolish Pennsylvania’s death penalty with a newly proposed bill. State Representative Russ Diamond (R-Lebanon), one of the more conservative Republicans in the ...

District Attorney Nathan Hochman addresses the public during a press conference announcing the return of capital punishment ...

LA District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced that county prosecutors will once again be permitted to seek the death penalty.

TALLAHASSEE — People sentenced to death in Florida could be executed by firing squads, nitrogen gas or other methods under a bill that expands Florida’s death penalty tactics. Florida allows for ...

Nathan Hochman rescinded George Gascón’s “extreme and categorical policy forbidding prosecutors from seeking the death ...

Watkins has also written an open letter to Bondi and another directed to Yost in February requesting assistance in restoring ...

The day serves as reminder that despite the global trend towards the abolition, capital punishment still applies in may areas of the world. While all Council of Europe member states ceased to apply ...

The U.S. Department of Justice sent a letter that “Maine should be on ... The press release announcing the multimillion-dollar punishment contained a caution for noncompliant institutions ...

A Texas father who police said forced his daughter to jump on a trampoline in 110-degree heat as punishment has been ... was convicted of capital murder on May 1, 2023, and sentenced to life ...

Sports-lover turned journalist, born and bred in Scotland, with a passion for football (soccer). He’s also a keen follower of NFL, NBA, golf and tennis, among others, and always has an eye on ...