In March, South Carolina executed Brad Sigmon, who was sentenced to death for killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a ...

According to Truong Viet Toan, former Deputy Chief Judge of the Criminal Court under the Hanoi People’s Court, the Ministry ...

A Republican, he imposed a moratorium on capital punishment, saying he could not support a death-row system “so fraught with ...

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The amendments in the Offences Against the Person (Amendment) Bill increase the mandatory minimum sentence for non-capital ...

The NBA has explained the delay in the trial of 13 domestic staff of former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, who have been ...

George Ryan, the former Republican governor of Illinois, died at the age of 91, leaving behind a legacy as a champion of ...

Does killing a killer kill justice?

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Tennessee has plenty of prison space to incarcerate the “worst of the worst,” saving Tennesseans a whole heap of money in ...

Cleophus Cooksey was arrested in December 2017 after police responded to a call at his mother’s home and found him with blood on his hands.