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Idaho is set to transition to firing squad executions, with facility renovations set to be completed by summer 2026.
If the death penalty is replaced with the life imprisonment, it is necessary to assess whether the punishment would provide ...
Executions are on hold in Idaho. The state prison system suspended its ability to carry out the death penalty through at ...
Idaho is set to transition to firing squad executions, with facility renovations set to be completed by summer 2026.
Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of infamous kingpin "El Chapo," will not face the death penalty, attorneys announced this week.
The latest request for a death sentence came May 21. Prosecutors asked for that punishment for a drifter who is suspected of being a serial killer.
An illustration of a magnifying glass. An illustration of a magnifying glass.
This week on Connect to the Capitol we examine the scrutiny that capital punishment is facing right now in South Carolina.A ...
Legal experts say Lamar Aaron Ahchee is facing very serious drugs charges in Bali, but recent changes to the Indonesian legal system might work in his favour.
Bissessar’s raising the issue of the death penalty in Trinidad and Tobago has sparked a national conversation rooted in law, ...
Citing a forensic psychiatric evaluation indicating a low likelihood of rehabilitation, the High Court concluded that the death penalty was the only means to uphold justice and maintain social order.
In Penalties of Empire, Christopher Munn explores the debates around key capital trials in colonial Hong Kong.