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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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 ...

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 ...

Now they have more reasons to be afraid: Republican Governor Ron DeSantis believes that undocumented immigrants convicted of certain crimes should face the most severe punishment — the death penalty.

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 ...

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 ...

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 US prosecutors have withdrawn their intention to seek the death penalty "without ...

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 ...

"This is being done for optics," she said. "Even conservatives know that having the death penalty on the books is very expensive, and that it is not a deterrent. This money should be put towards ...