People convicted of homicides represented about 56% of the population serving life without parole as of 2024, data shows. But ...

"President Trump's executive order demanding capital charges for the murder of law enforcement officers or capital crimes by illegal aliens is unnecessary bluster, because the death penalty ...

As far back as the Ancient Laws of China, the death penalty ... because of this fact. In response, in 1794, the Pennsylvania legislature abolished capital punishment for all crimes except murder ...

A federal judge will hold a hearing on whether May 14 mass shooter Payton Gendron is too young for the death penalty.

Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a ...

Prosecutors are pursuing the death penalty against a man accused of a ... was indicted in late December on charges including terrorism and murder in connection with the stabbings on Oct. 6 ...

One of the federal charges, murder through use of a firearm, makes 26-year-old Mangione eligible for the death penalty if convicted. Judge Katherine Parker, in a brief order Tuesday, approved the ...

Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...

But Judge Anirban Das said the case did not deserve the death penalty ... has increased. In 2022, police recorded 31,516 reports of rape - a 20% jump from 2021, according to the National Crime ...