Texas to execute 500th person
The execution of Kimberly McCartthy today marks a macabre milestone since the 1976 Supreme Court ruling
Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 12:51 PM UTC 15News Texas, Death Penalty
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Hickenlooper strikes major blow to death penalty
In Colorado, a moderate Governor temporarily halts an execution, raising huge questions about capital punishment
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:00 PM UTC 34All Salon John Hickenlooper
Florida law would speed up executions
The ill-named Timely Justice Act would see 13 death row inmates immediately issued death warrants
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 8:39 PM UTC 12News Florida
Gosnell avoids death penalty
The Philadelphia abortion doctor will serve two life sentences after being convicted of killing three babies
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 8:56 PM UTCNews Associated Press
Jodi Arias: I want the death penalty
The woman convicted of first-degree murder says she would "prefer to die sooner than later"
Thursday, May 9, 2013 11:36 AM UTC 10Life Associated Press, Death Penalty
Mississippi grants stay of controversial execution within hours
Willie Manning was to be killed on Tuesday evening, despite claims DNA evidence would exonerate him
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 8:45 PM UTCNews Death Penalty, Execution
Maryland bans the death penalty
A repeal bill won final passage from the House of Delegates on Friday
Thursday, May 2, 2013 6:28 PM UTCNews Associated Press, Maryland
Majority want death penalty if Boston suspect is convicted
Most Americans also back the decision to give Dzhokhar Tsarnaev a civilian trial
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 1:23 PM UTCPolitics Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Property of Bangladesh building owner to be seized
Protestors are calling for Mohammed Sohel Rana's execution after his building's collapse killed at least 386
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 12:30 PM UTCBusiness Associated Press, Bangladesh
Stay of execution for mentally ill Georgia man lifted
Warren Hill, saved from execution by mere hours earlier this year, once again faces death
Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 9:28 PM UTCNews warren hill, law, Death Penalty
Weapon of mass destruction charge, explained
Tsarnaev is charged with using a WMD in Boston; since when did this designation include DIY pressure cooker bombs?
Monday, Apr 22, 2013 6:49 PM UTC 109News Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
5 things you may not know about death penalty
With Maryland becoming the latest state to abolish its use, we look back on capital punishment's tortured history
Wednesday, Apr 3, 2013 1:05 PM UTCLife AlterNet, Death Penalty
Maryland abolishing death penalty
Gov. Martin O'Malley will sign a bill making his the 18th state to ban capital punishment
Friday, Mar 15, 2013 7:51 PM UTCNews Death Penalty
Short on swordsmen, Saudi Arabia may execute by firing squad
The kingdom executed dozens last year but it may change its methods
Sunday, Mar 10, 2013 8:05 PM UTCNews Saudi Arabia, Death Penalty
Saudi, Yemen under fire for child executions
Human rights groups condemn the death penalty for juvenile offenders, only abolished in the U.S. in 2005
Monday, Mar 4, 2013 5:39 PM UTCNews Death Penalty
A schizophrenic who gouged out his eyes is on Texas death row
Andre Thomas committed heinous acts but is deeply mentally ill -- something the Texas justice system cannot handle
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 6:21 PM UTCNews andre thomas, Texas
Georgia rushes executions before lethal drugs expire
The state is reportedly hurrying to see capital sentences through before March
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 3:15 PM UTCNews Lethal Injection, Death row
Mentally disabled man granted last-minute stay of execution
For the second time in two years, Warren Hill was within hours of lethal injection when the courts intervened
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 4:21 PM UTCNews capital punishment
UN: Execution of 17-year-old domestic worker broke international law
Human rights experts say Saudi Arabia broke international law by beheading a teenager accused of murder
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 7:00 PM UTCLife United Nations, Crime, Murder
Indian police charge 5 in New Delhi gang rape
Indian police have filed rape and murder charges against five men accused in the gang rape of a New Delhi woman
Thursday, Jan 3, 2013 1:43 PM UTCLife New Delhi, delhi gang rape
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