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Children in Nigeria face death penalty for protesting cost-of-living crisis amid economic challenges and legal concerns.

Four of the minors collapsed in court due to exhaustion before they could enter a plea

‘To my children and granddaughters, I love you and am so proud of you,’ Moore, 59, said in his last words

He also said he will seek the death penalty for any migrant who comes into the country and kills an American citizen or a law enforcement officer

Richard Moore, a Black man on death row in South Carolina, seeks Supreme Court reprieve amidst broader death penalty debate and racial disparity concerns.

South Carolina death row inmate Richard Moore has more than 20 people asking the governor to spare his life in a clemency petition filed just two days before he is scheduled to die by lethal injection for the 1999 killing of a store clerk

Children of Richard Moore, 59, plead for his clemency as experts insist he should be ineligible for capital punishment

Defense challenges death penalty for Bryan Kohberger, accused in University of Idaho student murders. Legal battle ensues over constitutional concerns and ...

The victim's family told local media she dreamed of being a nurse.

Texas’ junk science statute has remained hamstrung for the last decade. So too have other criminal justice reforms, despite efforts from the Texas House.

As the election nears, voters are considering the two leading presidential candidates’ records on a wide range of issues, including civil liberties – a broad term used to describe the constitutionally protected freedoms that protect citizens from excessive government power. These key freedoms are contained in the Bill of Rights,…