BOISE – Idaho’s prison system has nearly completed execution chamber upgrades to carry out the death penalty by firing squad ...

Donald Trump's Justice Department announced last week it is bringing the practice back to federal death row. Death penalty ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration plans to add firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation as alternative ...

The US Department of Justice announced Friday that it plans to revive the firing squad as a method of killing in federal ...

Pope Leo reiterated the Catholic Church's teaching that the death penalty is "inadmissible," in a video message released ...

Florida plans to execute Chadwick Willacy, who was convicted of murdering his neighbor in 1990. Willacy's attorneys have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, citing concerns over Florida's lethal ...

Florida executed Chadwick Willacy, 58, by lethal injection on Tuesday, April 21, at Florida State Prison near Starke for the horrific 1990 murder of his next-door neighbor, Marlys Sather. Willacy was ...

Between 1936 and 1938, the Soviet Union experienced The Great Purge, a period marked by the imprisonment and execution of millions. This video tells the story of Varlam Shalamov, illustrating the grim ...

(London, April 15, 2026) – The Singaporean government should immediately halt the execution of Omar bin Yacob Bamadhaj, scheduled for April 16, 2026, for trafficking cannabis, Human Rights Watch, ...

Iran has unleashed several new executions — with many more expected to come — over fears of another citizen-led uprising as the embattled regime fights for survival in its war against the US and ...

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