Amnesty International has accused a controversial system to distribute aid in Gaza of using starvation tactics against ...

A federal appellate panel said that Michael Sockwell was eligible to be retried because prosecutors systematically eliminated ...

Japan's worst criminals face their death inside a highly secretive execution room located inside a nondescript office block.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man charged with killing a prominent Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another could face something that is a rarity for Minnesota but could become more common under ...

The move, one official said, would help the country extradite suspects from abroad. It would also spare the life of a ...

Vietnam has abolished the death penalty for eight crimes including espionage, graft and attempting to overthrow the ...

A Decatur man charged with capital murder seeks protection from the death penalty even as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to reexamine, in an appeal by the state of Alabama, ...