More than 80 percent of poll respondents in Japan agreed with the statement that having the death penalty for some crimes is "unavoidable." Many cited the feelings of victims and their families.

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye has been charged with treason, in an escalation of legal troubles stemming from ...

The medical examiner testified in the trial of Kimberly LaCount, accused of masterminding a double-murder plot.

Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, will appear in court on Friday to ...

The Cabinet Office survey, which is conducted every five years, found that 16.5% of respondents believe the death penalty should be abolished.

West Bengal courts have sentenced six individuals to death for sexually assaulting minors in the last six months.

Could the death penalty be used as a punishment in Missouri for people charged with first-degree crimes of statutory rape or ...

A Bangkok delivery rider stabbed a university security guard to death in a frenzied attack in Bangkok, all because of a cancelled food order.

Kim Kardashian is being sued for libel and slander by a man accusing the reality star of wrongfully identifying him in a ...

Keri Blakinger’s ’14 journalistic work covering death row inmates has earned her an Oscar nomination as a producer for the documentary I Am Ready, Warden.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC) - It has been almost one year since 20-year-old Mahogany Jackson was found shot to death at a ...

A 15-year-old named David S. Gutierrez was fatally stabbed in San Jose on Valentine's Day, leading to a GoFundMe for funeral ...