The bill, which has nine sponsors right now, proposes amending the N.C. Constitution to require legislative approval of all clemency granted by the governor.

The trial of a Dublin man charged in Spain with the murder of his girlfriend could end up taking place in Ireland.

I seriously accept the verdict. Q: What were your emotions the moment you heard the death sentence being read in court? A: Because I am human, I felt a shock when the ultimate penalty was read out.

An Australian woman awaiting trial over the death of her stepdaughter is unable to leave jail because her bail has been set at a "terribly unfair" $US500,000, according to her lawyer.

The news claims that the Union home minister has announced the enforcement of the death penalty for drug-related offences, ragging and murder cases. A Facebook user shared the news card and wrote, ...

A provision for the death penalty has been made in this regard ... was implying that the Constitution drafted by BR Ambedkar had flaws. "He has to either accept that he is going to change Babasaheb ...

A federal appeals court tossed Brittany Holberg's death sentence after it found that prosecutors failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant.

The federal appeals court said the prosecution failed to disclose that a key trial witness was a paid informant.

Richard Jordan has been on Mississippi's death row for 47 years. He is now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review his case.

State prosecutors withheld evidence favorable to Brittany Marlow Holberg during her 1998 murder trial that resulted in her ...

After the woman spent 27 years on death row for killing an 80-year-old man, the court found that prosecutors failed to reveal ...