A veterinarian explores the moral injury prison staff face when carrying out executions and the toll it takes.

By Jonathan Allen and Jason Lange WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - One-third of Americans think the government should try a ...

Abdul Qader Ismail, 41, from Birmingham, is facing accusations of 'hijacking' Britain's national symbol of remembrance, and ...

The Pulitzer prize-winning writer’s new book looks at the women on death row in Texas and the nuns who have been trying to help them ...

The exoneration of Rickey Jackson, after 39 years of incarceration for a wrongful conviction, has prompted scrutiny of Ohio's ...

A nationwide survey found that only a minority supported further attempts to execute inmates who survived previous executions ...

Martin Shipton Miscarriage of justice victim Michael O’Brien has strongly criticised Reform UK MS Cristiana Emsley after she ...

The botched execution of a woman in Tennessee and the controversy over the live broadcast of a firing squad execution have ...

The mother of two children murdered by Jeffrey Weisheit urged Indiana’s parole board Monday to reject his plea for mercy, ...

Robert Blecker suggests that after Tennessee’s botched execution, lethal injection should give way to the more reliable and ...

The value of something is reflected by the punishment given for destroying it. Two very different death penalty cases have been in the news recently. Each raises a different objection to capital ...