South Carolina on Friday is scheduled to put the first person to death by firing squad in the U.S. in 15 years. Brad Sigmon, ...

It was a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier ...

On Friday the US is set to carry out the first death by firing squad in 15 years after parent killer Brad Sigmon opted to die ...

A bill to make death by firing squad the main method of execution in Idaho is moving to the Senate floor for a vote after passing the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee on Wednesday afternoon. If ...

The horrific death of an 11-year-old hearing and speech impaired girl in Narsinghgarh (Rajgarh), Madhya Pradesh, has once again raised serious questions about the judicial system that allows ...

A Pocso court in Kolkata sentenced a 34-year-old man to death for raping a seven-month-old infant, in a swift 80-day judicial process. The judge deemed the case 'rarest of rare' and awarded Rs 10 ...

He wanted to kill her, as in 2014, leaving the eight-year-old girl alive after rape, had led to his arrest and subsequent death penalty.” As per the Rajgarh district SP Aditya Mishra ...

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A Kolkata court sentenced Rajib Ghosh to death for the rape and attempted murder of a seven-month-old girl. A special POCSO court in Kolkata on Tuesday sentenced a man guilty of rape and attempted ...

Eliminating hanging as a method of execution would further advance humane treatment, even for individuals convicted of serious crimes. This change aligns with the broader global trend towards the ...