Death penalty executions in the U.S. and worldwide increased in 2024 over the previous year according to a new Amnesty ...

L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman says he will allow prosecutors in his office to consider pursuing the death penalty, a ...

Whatever arguments are used, the journey toward worldwide rejection of capital punishment will not be concluded quickly. But ...

and committing to pursue the death penalty for all severe crimes that demand its use. The Trump administration's pursuit of the death penalty for Mangione marks a new development in the shifting ...

I came to the conclusion a long time ago that the death penalty should be rescinded ... the number of lawsuits against states for use of drugs that result in botched executions.

The Amnesty International report indicates that 1,518 people were executed in 2024 in 15 countries, according to the cases they have been able to document. Although the record is held by China, whose ...

Weaponised by rulers In its 2024 report, Amnesty International states that in several countries, leaders use the death penalty on the false pretext of improving public security or to instil fear ...

Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons, upheld it in ...

Federal authorities announced they are seeking the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson (Getty Images) Mangione “presents a ...