Taiwan has carried out 35 executions since a moratorium on capital punishment was lifted in 2010, with the latest occurring ...

The ruling reflects a compromise between international pressure for abolition and domestic support for harsh punishment to ...

It took a decade of wrangling in the Legislature — first adding the firing squad as a method and later passing a shield law — ...

The president of the NAACP is urging Missouri's governor to halt the execution of Marcellus Williams scheduled for Tuesday, writing that executing a Black man who says he was wrongfully convicted ...

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court a judge’s ruling upholding the ...

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

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

The South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stop the execution of Freddie Owens who is set to die by lethal ...

Tennessee seeks death penalty in the case against Kenneth DeHart Jr. for the fatal shooting of Deputy Greg McCowan.

Some are now urging South Caroilina's highest leader to stop the execution of convicted murderer Freddie Owens from happening ...

Wells Fargo's latest regulatory rebuke for insufficient efforts to combat money laundering will probably prolong another ...