Those who had been pushing for that clemency are also shocked the governor granted the first death sentence commutation in Alabama this century. Abraham Bonowitz with the group, Death Penalty Action.

Defendants attorneys lodged three motions to bar the death penalty from being imposed. A judge rejected their arguments in ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-3 decision to overturn Richard Glossip’s conviction and death sentence highlights concerns over a ...

Defendants seeking relief from capital punishment typically don’t win at the high court, but Richard Glossip’s case was a ...

Hanson arrived in Oklahoma to face a likely execution by the state for his murder conviction. The Biden administration previously blocked the move.

Almost 1,000 people were executed in Iran in 2024. While lawyers and activists protest against the wave of executions, rights ...

“The law as at today, for example, a murder case attracts death penalty and some other offences. But if you look at it nationally, for a long time, there had been reluctant of government across ...

Death penalty opponents are praising the decision, arguing it should be an example for how other cases are treated. Lack of faith in a fair trial The central argument behind the Supreme Court's ...

Discussions about the death penalty across Canada re-emerged in an ... The margin of error—which measures sample variability—is +/- 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.