When it comes to abolishing the death penalty in the U.S., a small but determined band of activists and policymakers are ...

Taiwan’s Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that the death penalty should be applied only to the most grievous offenses, a ...

South Carolina has put inmate Freddie Owens to death in the state’s first execution in more than a decade. Friday’s execution ...

Referring to General Comment No. 36 from the UN Human Rights Committee, the court held that capital punishment could be ...

The court, however, limits it to 'special and exceptional circumstances' and bans its use for mentally ill defendants ...

South Carolina has put inmate Freddie Owens to death in the state’s first execution in more than a decade. Friday’s execution ...

A last-minute appeal and request for clemency were denied for the Greenville man convicted of killing convenience store clerk ...

In Ford v. Wainwright, the court held in 1986 that “insane” people could not be sentenced to die; Atkins v. Virginia in 2002 ...

A ceremony will cap a history marked by legal tussles, a secret training, resignations, a deal with a serial killer and raw ...

The South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stop the execution of Freddie Owens who is set to die by lethal ...

Tennessee seeks death penalty in the case against Kenneth DeHart Jr. for the fatal shooting of Deputy Greg McCowan.

Some are now urging South Caroilina's highest leader to stop the execution of convicted murderer Freddie Owens from happening ...