Vietnam’s 15th National Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to abolish the death penalty for eight categories of criminal offenses: embezzlement, bribery, counterfeiting medicines, espionage, d ...

The Delaware House of Representatives passed the first leg of a constitutional amendment to abolish the death penalty in the first state.

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 ...

Where is the death penalty legal? The District of Columbia and 23 states have abolished court-ordered executions, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

Newly uncovered documents show that in 2011, as Illinois was preparing to abolish the death penalty, the Chicago-born future pontiff took the time to personally thank then-Gov. Pat Quinn for the move.

Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.

The longest-serving man on Mississippi’s death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer’s wife in a violent ransom scheme.

Wisconsin was the first state to abolish death penalty in 1853, and Washington is the most recent state in doing so in 2023.

Richard Gerald Jordan, the longest-serving man on Mississippi's death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer's wife in a violent ransom ...

Vietnam abolished the death penalty for eight crimes including bribery and embezzlement, paving the way for tycoon Truong My Lan to be spared execution, according to a senior parliament official.

Former prosecutor explains how Kilmar Abrego Garcia, indicted for human smuggling spanning a decade, could face death-penalty charges for incident that killed 50 migrants.