The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...

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The death penalty has existed across the United States since colonial times, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, a national nonprofit organization that collects data on capital ...

Bondi is moving quickly to reverse Biden administration policies, and right at the top of her list is the federal death penalty, which Biden opposed. The Biden Justice Department imposed a ...

REFLECTING A divergence in decision-making on death penalty at different levels in the judiciary, the Supreme Court — for the second consecutive year — did not confirm a single death sentence in 2024 ...

An Australian woman awaiting trial in the US over the death of her stepdaughter will not face the death penalty. US prosecutors have withdrawn their intention to seek the death penalty "without ...

The European and World Day against the Death Penalty is observed every 10 October. The day serves as reminder that despite the global trend towards the abolition, capital punishment still applies in ...

The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The number of new death sentences remained small by historical standards ...

Joe Biden believes the death penalty "must stop" at the federal level, except for those guilty of terrorism and mass murder motivated by hate, the White House said. Biden is commuting the death ...

( NewsNation) — An anonymous donor has given $11,000 to Luigi Mangione’s defense fund, citing President Donald Trump’s ...