A death row inmate in Louisiana who is scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas ...

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced the introduction of capital punishment for religious conversions of girls ...

If the governor is squeamish about the firing squad, perhaps he should be squeamish about the death penalty. | Opinion ...

Dhaka University students staged a protest at the Raju Sculpture on Saturday midnight, demanding the death penalty for ...

Brad Sigmon chose to be the first person executed in the U.S. by firing squad in 15 years because he believed the ...

South Carolina plans to execute Brad Sigmon by firing squad, a method last used in America 15 years ago. Sigmon was convicted ...

For the first time in 15 years, a convicted murderer was executed by a firing squad in the United States. The execution took ...

By Dannel Malloy As a former prosecutor, mayor, governor of Connecticut and a member of the International Commission Against the Death Penalty, I have spent much of my career in and around the ...

Former Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter got it right almost 70 years ago: “A shocking crime puts law to its severest ...

Two states are set to see pauses on executions end as Arizona, Louisiana and South Carolina gave execution dates to three men.

A prayer vigil was held by South Carolinians for an Alternative to the Death Penalty in light of Brad Sigmon’s execution in ...