The Supreme Court stayed the life sentence of a woman convicted for her fiance's murder, focusing on reformative justice. The ...

Committee will submit its report on the Bill within six months after seeking opinion of religious leaders and community at ...

Once a brutal fixture of life in many communities, paramilitary-style ‘punishment’ attacks are in steep decline ...

Yug Mohit Chaudhry, a Mumbai-based criminal lawyer and one of India’s most prominent voices against capital punishment, explains why executions are overwhelmingly imposed on the poor, why ...

The new law makes assassination attempts on heads of state—including the president, vice president, any state governor, or bystanders—automatically eligible for the death penalty.

The Punjab Assembly introduced the 'Punjab Prevention of Offences Against Holy Scriptures Bill 2025,' proposing life ...

Defense attorneys were paid $745,000 to represent the El Paso Walmart mass shooter in his federal criminal case, newly released court records show.

After Bryan Kohberger accepted a plea deal for the murders of Ethan Chapin, his girlfriend Xana Kernodle as well as Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, his parents shared their thoughts.

TV never runs out of antiheroes who do bad things, yet pull us back every week. People sit through murders and lies because ...

The bill is now meant to give more protections to federal officers, judges and federally funded public safety officers, who ...

Ohio lawmakers are moving to amend a portion of the state’s constitution that permits slavery as a form of punishment for ...

More than 100 Florida faith leaders signed a letter pleading with Gov. Ron DeSantis to pause the fast pace of executions in ...