From 3 to 6 June the third edition of the workshop "Death is not justice - advocacy and awareness-raising for the abolition ...

Harris went on to join President Biden in leading the first administration in American history to openly and publicly oppose the death penalty and advocate its abolition. As the Democratic Party ...

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa — who has not signed death warrants for those facing capital sentences since he came to power in 2017 — signed the death penalty abolition bill into law ...

[12] Organizations were formed in different colonies for the abolition of the death penalty and to relieve poor prison conditions. Dr. Benjamin Rush, a renowned Philadelphia citizen, proposed the ...

“There is an international trend toward the abolition of the death penalty, with growing support for a global moratorium on executions. “We are considering presenting this matter before the ...

Postmortem results will determine course of investigation into blaze in Casla early on Tuesday, which killed two people ...

On December 15, the United Nations will hold a plenary vote on the moratorium on the death penalty. In a historic announcement, Morocco confirmed its support for the resolution for the first time ...

Ending capital punishment has become a bipartisan issue in Pennsylvania at a time when more and more people realize the ...

Today, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, 144 countries have abolished it, and four others made progress toward abolition last year. Abolitionists will run into a trap if they ...

Legal experts say Lamar Aaron Ahchee is facing very serious drugs charges in Bali, but recent changes to the Indonesian legal ...

Supporters of abolition cite data that shows the death penalty is not an effective crime deterrent. Historically, it has also been a tool of institutionalized racism with the penalty far more ...

is best known for declaring a state moratorium on the death penalty in 2000 that eventually led to its abolition. But he’s also remembered for a federal corruption probe that netted him six ...