Although increased litigation costs are the largest reasons for the expense of the death penalty, they are not alone. | ...

Prosecutors will not be seeking the death penalty against a mother, son and caregiver accused of deliberately torturing a ...

“In past discussions on the death penalty, supporters and opponents clashed with each other,” Makoto Ida, a professor of ...

A judge entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf. Prosecutors have said they will pursue the death penalty when the trial ...

A caregiver charged with murder in connection with the death of a 4-year-old Cyril girl has turned down a plea deal and will ...

A Southern California man who owed a couple $80,000 is accused of killing them and setting their bodies on fire in a vicious ...

Some of Britain's most notorious cases have been tried at London's Old Bailey, including those attracting the death penalty ...

A Caddo County woman, Alysia Adams, declined to plead guilty Wednesday to the murder of four-year-old Athena Brownfield.

On Wednesday, Alysia Adams, charged with the death of 4-year-old Athena Brownfield, backed out of the blind plea and will now ...

Regarding calls for a fundamental review of the death penalty, the Japanese government has said abolition is not ...

The Japanese government does not plan to open a discussion on revising the issue of the death penalty and possibly abolishing ...

Left-wing groups are pressuring President Joe Biden to commute sentences for all federal death row inmates before he leaves office, ...