A defense attorney and prosecutor reacted to a bill in the Alabama Legislature that would approve the death penalty for child rapists if enacted.

US President Donald Trump has hinted that a group of Democratic lawmakers could be locked up for seditious behaviour, saying it is punishable by death, after they released a video asking military and ...

The death penalty verdict was the culmination of a two-week death penalty trial led by the Missouri Attorney General's Office ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire (ACLU-NH) has filed an amicus brief in convicted cop killer Michael Addison’s ...

"Death sentences are the most serious sanctions that governments can inflict on human beings, so all must be carefully reviewed for accuracy and fairness before an execution is scheduled," said Robin ...