The death sentence has been removed from eight criminal offences in Vietnamese law and replaced with life imprisonment for offenders. Vietnam will end capital punishment for...
Move coincides with DRC’s drive to sign minerals deal with US in exchange for security in war with Rwanda-backed rebels. Three United States citizens initially sentenced...
The Texas senate has passed a bill that would expand death penalty eligibility for individuals convicted of murdering children. PREVIOUS: Senate committee recommends expanding death penalty...
By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 19, 2025 / 16:25 pm Louisiana carried out its first execution in 15 years on Tuesday evening, using nitrogen...
Federal prison officials transferred an inmate to Oklahoma custody so that he can be executed for a 1999 killing, following through on President Trump’s sweeping executive...
A terminally ill man who spent over 30 years on death row in Louisiana for the killing of his stepson died days after a March date...
A federal appellate court this week refused to throw out a ban on housing incarcerated youth at Angola. (Photo credit: Jarvis DeBerry/Louisiana Illuminator) Christopher Sepulvado, the...
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — After 15 years, Louisiana has resumed executions and joined three other states in a controversial new method. “Louisiana has decided that when...
In an effort to help Idahoans follow major bills, resolutions and memorials through the legislative process, the Idaho Capital Sun will produce a “legislative notebook” at...
CALGARY — The fate of a Canadian who has been on death row in Montana for the past 42 years has been thrown into more uncertainty...