The Latest Breaking News from Death Penalty

Philadelphia's top prosecutor won’t seek the death penalty for a teenager charged with fatally shooting a Temple University officer

Family of Jocelyn Nungaray expresses gratitude for support after her tragic murder. They oppose death penalty for suspects and focus on honoring her memory.

Iwao Hakamada, 88, who spent longer than anyone in the world awaiting execution, awaits murder retrial verdict

The 29-year-old could face the death penalty if convicted in the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students

Prosecutors in Indonesia have demanded an eight-month medical rehabilitation for an Australian man charged with possessing methamphetamine on the tourist island of Bali, after his earlier charge of drug trafficking was dropped which would have carried the death penalty

China claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and has refused to rule out using force to bring the self-ruled island under its control.

A jury will soon begin deliberating on whether a former Florida prison guard trainee should be sentenced to death for executing five women inside a bank five years ago

Alameda County DA uncovers misconduct in 35 death penalty cases, potential criminal conduct. Review initiated after exclusion of Black and Jewish jurors in...

China threatens death penalty for Taiwan separatists, sparking tensions with Taiwan. International community watches developments closely.

It’s hard to imagine now, but for almost 1,000 years, pregnant women in England could avoid the death penalty just by virtue of being pregnant. A pregnant woman sentenced to death would receive a stay of execution until the baby was born. It was called “pleading the belly” and often…

Handwritten notes show Alameda county DA’s office prosecutors using homophobic labels