Californians’ Support for Death Penalty Goes Against Trend
California's recent vote to continue the death penalty keeps it in the minority of states with capital punishment still on the books.
View ArticleGore, Current Silent As Cleric Affirms Death Penalty For Leaving Islam On...
When asked to comment on Al-Jazeera’s broadcast of al-Qaradawi threats, Gore’s offices failed to respond to The Daily Caller and Current TV’s press services forwarded requests to Al-Jazeera.
View ArticleFour Missionaries Arrested in Benghazi May Face Libya Death Penalty
Christians from Egypt, South Africa, South Korea, and Sweden have been arrested for distributing evangelistic materials.
View ArticleProsecutor May Seek Death Penalty Against Alleged Cleveland Kidnapper For...
Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man police say kidnapped and held captive three women for a decade, could also face aggravated murder charges for allegedly terminating the pregnancies of his captives.
View ArticleAbortion Doctor Kermit Gosnell Spared Death Sentence
Former Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, who was found guilty of first-degree murder, was spared the death sentence Tuesday after he agreed to forgo an appeal.
View ArticleThe Sleazy Semantics of Death Penalty Opponents
Anyone familiar with television crime dramas is aware that "humanizing" the inhumane long has been a tactic of fanatics seeking to keep alive murderers convicted of the worst depravity -- while...
View ArticleLawyer: Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Trying to Get Death Penalty (+video)
The standby attorney for the soldier charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage accused Maj. Nidal Hasan on Wednesday of deliberately charting a course toward a conviction and death sentence,...
View ArticleNidal Hasan Sentenced to Death for Fort Hood Shooting Rampage
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was sentenced to death Wednesday for killing 13 people and wounding 32 others in a 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Tex., the worst mass murder at a military installation in...
View ArticleDeath Penalty for Boston Bomber a Complicated Question
When gang members Richard Tipton, Cory Johnson and James Roane were sentenced to death in 1993 for their roles in multiple murders, they took their places on federal death row, where they have remained...
View ArticleMichael Bargo Sentenced; Now Youngest Man on Florida Death Row (+video)
An Ocala man is heading to death row for his part in the slaying of a 15-year-old boy.
View ArticleDeath Penalty in the United States Gradually Declining
A shortage of lethal injection chemicals has contributed to declining use of capital punishment in the United States with a new report on Thursday noting only 39 executions this year.
View ArticleWashington State Gov. Inslee Suspends Death Penalty
Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday he was suspending the use of the death penalty in Washington state, announcing a move that he hopes will enable officials to "join a growing national conversation about...
View ArticleElectric Chair is Back . . . in Tennessee
Tennessee is the first state to enact a law to reintroduce the electric chair without giving prisoners an option. Find out why here.
View ArticleUtah Legislature Considers Bringing Back an Outlawed Method of Execution, but...
Utah is considering bringing back an outlawed method of execution due to problems with lethal injection.
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DOJ Preparing to Execute 5 Convicted Murderers: First Federal Executions in...
For the first time in almost two decades, the federal government is planning to execute criminals.
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Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Capital Murder of 10-Year-Old Girl but Will...
A man who recently plead guilty to the murder of a 10-year-old girl will not face the death penalty but will spend his life behind bars.
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