Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the “Twitter killer,” was sentenced to death in 2020 for the killings in 2017 of the nine ...

Japan has executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer,” who was convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people, mostly ...

Vietnam will remove the death penalty for eight offences from next month, including embezzlement and activities aimed at ...

Federal prosecutors in New Mexico said Friday they plan to seek the death penalty for the first time since 2018 in the case of a man charged in two homicides ...

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Texas death row inmate has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA ...

Truong My Lan had her appeal against the death penalty dismissed last year as she scrambled to repay billions of dollars, but ...

A death row inmate’s attorneys are asking the court to reverse a lower court’s decision that declined to decide eligibility ...

The high-profile assassination of a top Minnesota lawmaker and her husband​ could bring about a form of punishment long banned in the state.

The ACLU has released a report finding that the death penalty process systematically excludes Black Americans, women, and religious individuals from the jury box, raising constitutional concerns and ...