Defense attorneys for Teresa Youngblut file a motion against the DOJ's accelerated capital punishment process after Border ...

A plea bargain offered in the Brian Kohberger case creates a predictable, quicker, cheaper—and to some—a more ethical outcome ...

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As CNN describes, “Forensic DNA testing from trash outside the Kohberger family home gave Idaho law enforcement the probable ...

The president said he would seek capital punishment sentences for "all crimes of a severity demanding its use”. Con: not a deterrent "Study after study shows that the death penalty does not ...

Both capital punishment and abortion are complicated things. Many Americans have strong feelings about each, but recognize circumstances in which their views might shift: Abortion opponents might ...

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Capital punishment, say proponents, serves social catharsis. But administering it behind prison walls indicates a healthy squeamishness that should herald abolition. Read more from George F.

When capital punishment was more common, it was easy to claim that people are executed because they are criminals. But now that fewer criminals receive the death penalty, that's no longer the case ...

Capital punishment has continued to become rarer in recent years, and public opinion of the practice keeps growing dimmer with time. America's death penalty is dying one generation at a time - Los ...

Black Americans, as a group, are more likely to oppose the death penalty due to the racist roots of the capital punishment system. As a result, this process disproportionately removes Black Americans ...