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Despite expected resentencing, Marcellus Williams will continue campaign to prove innocence

South Carolina prosecutors seek death penalty for James Drayton in fatal shooting case. Drayton faces charges for killing five individuals in Inman.

The outrage over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital on August 9 has continued, with the protesters demanding death penalty for the accused and passing of the Central Protection Act, 2022, to provide protection to health workers and hospitals.  

A Defense Department disagreement over how to bring to justice the accused mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four others has thrown the cases into disarray

The Congolese government in March had lifted a moratorium on the death penalty that was in place since 2003.

The Defense Secretary's decision to reinstate the death penalty for 9/11 accused sparks debate and legal challenges, highlighting complex emotions and chal...

The head of a group of family members of victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks says she's hearing nearly unanimous praise of the U.S. defense secretary's nullification of plea deals for the accused mastermind and two others

Defense Secretary Austin reinstates death penalty for 9/11 defendants, sparking controversy and legal complexities.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday scrapped a plea agreement with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, just two days after the announcement of a deal that reportedly would have taken the death penalty off the table.

Defense Secretary revokes plea deal for 9/11 terrorists, reigniting death penalty possibility.

Reversal was announced in memo relieving war court overseer of duty