Capital punishment is the most harmful punishment available, so the state should only use it if no less harmful punishment is suitable; Other punishments will always enable the state to fulfil its ...

Defense attorneys for Teresa Youngblut file a motion against the DOJ's accelerated capital punishment process after Border ...

When capital punishment was more common, it was easy to claim that people are executed because they are criminals. But now that fewer criminals receive the death penalty, that's no longer the case ...

News about Capital Punishment, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Public support for the death penalty is at its lowest level since the Supreme Court suspended capital punishment in 1972. A Pew Research Center poll published late last month revealed that only 49 ...

The death of capital punishment in the United States is not only desirable but also paradoxical. Attempts to make this practice constitutional have enveloped it with ever-more-refined procedural ...

Both capital punishment and abortion are complicated things. Many Americans have strong feelings about each, but recognize circumstances in which their views might shift: Abortion opponents might ...

Chief Justice of India Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai extolled Justice V R Krishna Iyer's legacy, highlighting his opposition to the death penalty and dedication to civil liberties and social justice.

Capital punishment is vengeance rather than retribution and, as such, is a morally dubious concept; The anticipatory suffering of the criminal, who may be kept on death row for many years, ...

If these people escaped the death penalty, you have to wonder: Who will suffer it? Here’s a reasonable guess: An ...

As CNN describes, “Forensic DNA testing from trash outside the Kohberger family home gave Idaho law enforcement the probable ...