Death Penalty
As Malaysia Softens Death Penalty Stance, Singapore Sentences More to Be Hanged
“I'm hopeful that change will happen. What I worry about is how many more lives will it take for it to happen?”
Supreme Court Sides With Georgia Inmate Who Wants to Die By Firing Squad
In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court said a death row inmate with “compromised veins” appropriately challenged his lethal injection.
The Buffalo Shooting Suspect Can Now Get the Death Penalty
New federal hate charges mean the suspect, charged in a racist attack that killed 10 people, is eligible for the death penalty.
A Dead Hamster Just Helped a Man Get Off Death Row
The man was sentenced to hang in Singapore for possession of cannabis, but a chance encounter and a tattoo of a pet hamster has helped get him acquitted.
Arizona Just Executed Its First Inmate Since 2014 Botched Lethal Injection
Clarence Dixon is the first Arizona death row inmate to be executed since Joseph Wood repeatedly gasped and took two hours to die in 2014.
Huge Spike in Drug-Related Executions in Iran
126 people were hanged for drug offences in Iran in 2021, two rights groups said, in a year in which the rate of executions doubled overall following the election of President Ebrahim Raisi.
Singapore Just Executed an Inmate at the Heart of a Growing Anti-Death Penalty Movement
The Malaysian man, assessed to have “borderline intellectual functioning,” was seen weeping as he held his mother's hand prior to his execution.
Why Is the US Going Back to Executions by Firing Squad?
Utah, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and South Carolina have all legalized executions by firing squad once again.
Death Row Inmate Is Being Forced to Choose: Firing Squad or Electric Chair
Some argue Richard Moore shouldn’t even be on death row. Now he could become South Carolina’s test case for an archaic form of execution.
The Prosecutor Who Requested Melissa Lucio’s Execution Now Wants Her to Live
“If defendant Lucio does not get a stay by a certain day, then I will do what I have to do and stop it,” Cameron County District Attorney Luis Saenz said Tuesday.
Supreme Court Rules Boston Marathon Bomber Can Be Executed After All
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted in 2015 of 30 charges related to the 2013 bombing attack, which killed three people and injured hundreds.
Oklahoma Is Trying to Make It Nearly Impossible to Get Off Death Row
Many critics of a new bill claim it’s a direct retaliation to Julius Jones’ life being spared last November.