Iowa abolished the death penalty 60 years ago. (First-degree murder carries mandatory life in prison without parole, or “death in prison.”) ...

Jurors said final vote was eight for death penalty, four for life in prison. May 26, 2013— -- Three jurors from the Jodi Arias trial said the sentencing phase was "absolutely awful" after ...

This week, Bryan Kohberger, accused of brutally murdering four Idaho college students in 2022, became the latest to want life in prison over the death penalty —just weeks before his August trial.

Bryan Kohberger admitted to killing four University of Idaho students to avoid the death penalty, but his life could still be in danger, according to a former prison pastor who is in touch with ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — The federal government can now pursue the death penalty against the Boulder attack suspect following the death of a victim. The man who lived in El Paso County ...

“If, in the state of Idaho, they’re making a deal for him to plead guilty and just go life in prison after that, nobody will probably get the death penalty.

The Senate on Friday passed a bill seeking to abolish the death penalty for harbouring hijackers and publicly stripping a woman of her clothes amidst opposition from both sides of the aisle. The ...

Story by Reuters (Reuters) — Vietnam will remove the death penalty for eight offenses from next month, including embezzlement and activities aimed at overthrowing the government, parliament said ...

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, a group opposed to capital punishment, Passaro's execution was one of seven "volunteer" executions in 2002, where death-row prisoners ...