The state's highest court upheld a law transferring more control of death penalty cases from local district attorneys to the ...

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 ...

Twenty-three states have abolished the death penalty. California should join them in ending state-sponsored executions.

For example, in the last quarter of 2024 ... their demands with protests by inmates who demonstrate against the death penalty every Tuesday. Image: privat Renowned human rights activists ...

Louisiana’s example suggests that two factors play ... there in the brief time since Landry’s announcement. As the Death Penalty Information Center reports, “Within one day of Gov.

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.

“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 ...