Topic: Capital Punishment
Share . The sponsor of a bill to abolish the death penalty in Nebraska postponed floor debate Friday, saying she hopes to bring the measure back...
By MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press . . HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A convicted killer has been executed in Texas for the abduction, rape and...
Ohio has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the state's lethal injection procedures, arguing that minor deviations in policy don't mean the...
The state is once again refining its execution policies following a judge's ruling that criticized minor variations to Ohio's procedures, Attorney...
By Corrie MacLaggan. . Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:44am EST . . AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A man who had been paroled for an assault in Michigan when his ...
Lawmakers are considering a measure to abolish the death penalty, an effort that has failed to gain traction in Washington state in prior years.....
Pakistan will deploy snipers and hundreds of extra police at churches this Christmas to prevent possible attacks on the persecuted Christian minority, police said Wednesday.The bulk of Pakistan's tiny Christian community live in and around the eastern city of Lahore ...
A Christian mother sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan last year is in a "very frail" physical and mental state, a human rights group that visited her in prison said in a statement Tuesday."Because of her solitary confinement, Asia Bibi ...
Troy Davis, a death-row inmate awaiting execution on Wednesday, was denied clemency by the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Parole today. Mr...
Andrew Grant DeYoung, condemned to death for the murder of his parents and sister, was executed Thursday night on camera in Jackson, Georgia, the...