Two large anonymous donations have boosted the legal defense fund for Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, as his case moves toward a potential ...

Whatever arguments are used, the journey toward worldwide rejection of capital punishment will not be concluded quickly. But it will come.

Nobel Peace Prize-winning Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi has condemned the dire state of human rights in Iran, accusing the regime of violent repression and its severe crackdown on ...

As the state resumes executions of death row prisoners, a bill in the legislature aims to cut back on the time people convicted of crimes can spend trying to reduce or overturn their sentences, and it ...

Luigi Mangione, charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is seeking to avoid the death penalty saying ...

Powers was one of 46 death row inmates in Tennessee. He was convicted in the death of Shannon Sanderson in 1996.

Luigi Mangione asked a federal judge in New York on Friday to stop the government from seeking the death penalty if he’s ...

A jury on Thursday recommended the death penalty for an SCI Somerset inmate convicted of the 2018 homicide of a prison guard.

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His attorneys are trying to head off the government’s push, calling Bondi’s directive “unabashedly” political.

Luigi Mangione wasn’t exactly the type of person most would expect to make headlines for murder being an Ivy League grad and ...