The most common and most cogent argument against capital punishment is that sooner or later, innocent people will get killed, because of mistakes or flaws in the justice system.

Israeli lawmakers have approved a contentious bill establishing a tribunal to sentence Palestinians involved in the 2023 ...

HAMILTON — The debate over Ohio’s death penalty laws is heating up, just as Butler County is about to try its second capital case in less than a year. A “random” act of violence ended the life of an ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost renewed his push to resume executions in Ohio Wednesday, calling the state's years-long pause on capital punishment a failure of justice for victims ...

LIGHTNING ROD OF AN ISSUE WITH THE POLITICAL AND MORAL CONSIDERATIONS. LAWMAKERS HEARD SEVERAL HOURS OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON BILLS TO RESTORE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. WITH THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE COMING ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - The status of the death penalty in Kentucky was argued in a Franklin Circuit courtroom Monday. A Franklin Circuit judge heard arguments between the attorney general’s legal ...

Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill to abolish the death penalty, citing its financial and human costs. The state's public defender system spends nearly $3 million annually on staff dedicated to ...

Hey! The Question of the Week has grown so much in popularity that we've been picked up by all our other USA-Today network newspapers in Florida! I knew asking about the death penalty would elicit ...

The brutal killing of the Monswamy family has reignited public calls for the death penalty in South Africa. However, legal ...

MADISON (WKOW) — Wisconsin lawmakers are circulating a bill that could bring back the death penalty for certain child sex offenses. The proposed legislation aims to eliminate these crimes but faces ...

Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them to authorities. Even landlords ...

Amidst rising violence in South Africa, young professionals share their views on capital punishment, arguing that it fails to address the root causes of crime and undermines constitutional values.