[From: Society’s Final Solution: A History and Discussion of the Death Penalty, Laura E ... In fact, FBI statistics show murders are now up. (For example 9.3 persons per 100,000 population ...

Whatever arguments are used, the journey toward worldwide rejection of capital punishment will not be concluded quickly. But ...

This helps us see which governments are continuing to use the death penalty and campaign for its end - and to show that over the years use of the death penalty is very gradually declining. At least ...

L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman says he will allow prosecutors in his office to consider pursuing the death penalty, a ...

As South Carolina prepares for its fifth execution in seven months, Rev. Hillary Taylor, executive director of South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, writes that there’s another way.

LA District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced that county prosecutors will once again be permitted to seek the death penalty.

"Seeking the death penalty for a man who is presumed innocent is a blatant abuse of power," said one person who donated money ...

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel in December, ...