death penalty

Opinion 02/16/22, 10:22

A Republican from Florida compared a federal investigation into alleged political espionage to a national embarrassment. Sen. Marco Rubio believes more Americans should feel outraged about Special Counsel John Durham's finding that Hillary Clinton's campaign counsel paid contractor Fusion GPS to "infiltrate" Donald Trump's computer servers and monitor his cellphone data. "If ...

U.S. 02/16/22, 10:20

A former president compared a news blackout on Democrat-linked spying revelations to America's first step towards becoming a dictatorship. Donald Trump is disappointed about the lack of media coverage on Special Counsel John Durham's discovery that Hillary Clinton supporters falsified evidence to link the Trump campaign to Russian espionage in the ...

2022 Campaign 12/02/20, 06:01

Not much notice has been given to a rule being rushed through the White House, but it may have enormous consequences. Included in the Trump administration's last-minute rule-making is a rule proposing to reintroduce electrocutions and the firing squad for federal executions. It will allow the government more options for administering capital ...

Politics 08/13/19, 07:22

Attorney General William Barr at the Fraternal Order of Police conference in New Orleans, on Monday, Aug. 12, defended law enforcement officers and promised to speed up new legislation against convicted mass murderers in response to the two shootings earlier this month that left scores dead in Texas and Ohio. In ...

U.S. 07/26/19, 12:10

Criminal executions have been on the decline for decades in the United States, but the U.S. has not abolished executions. Currently, there are 57 countries that retain the death penalty for ordinary crimes. And there are 105 countries have abolished executions.  Death Penalty Information Center Yesterday, Attorney General William Barr reinstated the ...

U.S. 07/25/19, 23:38

In a statement from the Justice Department, Attorney General William Barr reinstated the death penalty for the most horrific crimes. After nearly a 20-year postponement, the Department of Justice has reinstated the death penalty. Barr also directed acting Director of Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Hugh Hurwitz to schedule executions for ...

U.S. 04/29/19, 00:50

A father who police said killed his five young children in their South Carolina home and then drove their bodies around for more than a week is about to stand trial for his life. Jury selection is set to begin Monday in Lexington County in the death penalty case of Timothy ...

World 04/01/19, 09:35

People would be executed for offenses such as rape, adultery, homosexual relations, robbery and insult to the Prophet Mohammed under the new code

World 03/30/19, 07:20

UN experts express alarm over dramatic spike in crackdowns against human rights defenders

California 03/13/19, 08:14

President Donald Trump says he's not "thrilled" with California's plan to halt death penalty executions. California Gov. Gavin Newsom planned to sign an executive order Wednesday giving a reprieve to the 737 inmates on his state's death row. Trump tweeted Wednesday that voters don't support Newsom's decision on behalf of the "737 ...

World 03/02/19, 23:35

The sentences, in a country where sexual violence is widespread and if anyone is punished, it's often the victim, may be a sign of change.

World 03/01/19, 17:15

Rights group says at least seven men were put to death in February, equal to the total for all of 2018

World 03/01/19, 06:07

All the victims were men, three were from the same family, and all were hanged

World 02/23/19, 10:50

Fifteen people executed in Egypt this month have claimed their confessions were extracted under torture

Politics 02/19/19, 11:25

The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision dismissing a lawsuit filed by a judge in Arkansas who was barred from overseeing execution-related cases after he participated in an anti-death penalty demonstration. The justices said Tuesday that they wouldn't get involved in the lawsuit filed by Pulaski County Circuit Judge ...

Europe 02/18/19, 06:41

U.S. President Donald Trump's demand that European countries take back their citizens fighting in Syria is receiving a mixed reaction, as nations pondered how to bring home-grown Islamic State extremists to trial. The question of such foreign fighters has been a conundrum for the Europeans for several years. Islamic State prisoners ...