The dramatic uptick of capital punishment in recent years, and the brutality of methods still used around the world, has thrust state-sanctioned executions back into the spotlight.

Thirty years ago, the film “Dead Man Walking” had its debut in movie theaters around the United States. It was a box office ...

The good news: Zimbabwe has just banned the death penalty. While it should remove an exemption clause, which might allow for capital punishment’s return were a state of emergency to be declared ...

2024 saw the highest number of executions in nine years with China the capital punishment 'world leader', report reveals. By ELENA SALVONI. Published: 19:01 EDT, 7 April 2025 | Updated: 20:56 EDT ...

The escalation flies in the face of most countries around the world, however, with more than 70% having abolished the death penalty, said the Death Penalty Information Center, a US-based non ...

The executions of 24 people last year illustrated the full range of systemic flaws in our system of capital punishment. Skip ... These executions stood against the backdrop of the ACLU’s work around ...

Capital punishment has continued to become rarer in recent years, and public opinion of the practice keeps growing dimmer with time. America's death penalty is dying one generation at a time - Los ...

In April 1948, the House of Commons voted to suspend capital punishment for five years, but this decision was overturned by the House of Lords. In 1965, the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act ...

There's only one problem with the capital punishment debate in America.. We never have it. While those of us who believe the death penalty is sadly necessary are willing to argue our point of view ...

Capital punishment is still a polarizing topic in the United States. However, the practice has been long outlawed in various places across the globe. “A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story ...