International efforts to eradicate the death penalty came into sharp focus at the Human Rights Council on Tuesday, where UN human rights chief Volker Türk decried a substantial increase in global ...

New laws in Florida mandate stiffer criminal penalties for immigrants in the U.S. illegally than for everyone else ...

The death penalty has long been a controversial and divisive issue, with passionate advocates on both sides of the debate.

Defendants seeking relief from capital punishment typically don’t win at the high court, but Richard Glossip’s case was a ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that condemned Oklahoma death row prisoner Richard Glossip be given a new trial.

Louisiana inmate Christopher Sepulvado died Saturday, just over three weeks before he was scheduled to be put to death for ...