Supreme Court nominee, Justice Sir Dennis Dominic Adjei, has urged the abolition of the mandatory death penalty in Ghana, ...

Reacting to an announcement by Iran’s judiciary that the Iranian authorities this morning executed Mojahed (Abbas) Kourkouri ...

DONKOR EsqThe death penalty remains a deeply contested issue, provoking the fundamental question: Should the law possess the authority to take a life in the name of justice?This debate lies at the ...

A prayer vigil for life is scheduled to take place in Columbia a few hours before South Carolina death row inmate Stephen ...

"His life is worth saving," supporters of Richard Jordan say. They are asking Mississippi to stop plans to execute the ...

The suspect made an initial appearance in federal court on Monday, on murder charges that could allow for the death penalty. He also faces state murder charges.

Oklahoma prosecutors say they will retry longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip a third time for his role in the 1997 ...

United Nations (UN) expert urges Saudi Arabia to halt imminent execution of 26 Egyptian nationals for drug-related offences ...

One year ago, Florida killer Wade Wilson, who shares his name with the alter ego of the Marvel character Deadpool, was ...

An Oklahoma judge has granted a temporary stay of execution to a man whose transfer to death row was expedited by the Trump ...

The case that most recently drew Sarat’s ire over the last statements of the condemned concerns a Florida man, the so-called ‘Casanova Killer,’ who, in May, made positive comments — and headlines — ...

Now, Bakkedahl's office is moving forward by seeking the death ... put the life imprisonment moot or of no effect." Del Toro echoed the sentiments of pursuing justice, stating, "The right thing ...