Support for capital punishment has sagged in recent years, but it remains strong in a situation like this, where the offense is so outrageous, the process so open, the defense so robust and guilt ...

While opponents of the death penalty claim it is unconstitutional, the order says that the Constitution “explicitly acknowledges the legality of capital punishment.” “Efforts to subvert and ...

Diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, he spent 30 years on death row. In 2007, the Supreme Court raised the bar for executing ...

Indiana has exhausted its supply of lethal injection drugs after carrying out two executions in the past six months.

On Thursday, a federal judge denied Stanko’s attorneys’ appeal to delay his execution over concerns of the effectiveness of lethal injection used on previous inmates. Stanko is set to become the sixth ...

Seymour, said he supports imposing the death penalty for convicted child molesters and may propose legislation next session ...

However, he allowed criminals to be mutilated for their crimes. During the middle ages, capital punishment was accompanied by torture. Most barons had a drowning pit as well as gallows and they ...

HAMPSTEAD, NC (WWAY) — A Pender County man accused of killing his sister could be eligible for capital punishment. Matthew ...

We must face the crisis and make the hard decision to use capital punishment, not because we support it generally but rather ...

Everyone thinks human life is valuable. Some of those against capital punishment believe that human life is so valuable that even the worst murderers should not be deprived of the value of their ...