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Death penalty controversy
John Paul Stevens
July 17, 2019
John Paul Stevens emerged as Supreme Court's leading liberal
John Paul Stevens moved left as the Supreme Court shifted to the right during his nearly 35 years as a justice. That's how ...
John Paul Stevens
July 17, 2019
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies at 99
John Paul Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme ...
July 05, 2019
Jury to consider death penalty in Chinese scholar killing
A federal jury that convicted a former University of Illinois doctoral student of kidnapping, torturing and killing a young ...
June 25, 2019
Arkansas judge asks to handle execution-related cases again
An Arkansas judge who participated in an anti-death penalty demonstration outside the governor's mansion two years ago has ...
June 21, 2019
Georgia puts inmate to death for man's 1996 shotgun slaying
A Georgia inmate convicted of the 1996 shotgun slaying of a man who had agreed to give him and another man a ride outside a ...
June 11, 2019
Human rights group locates North Korean execution sites
A human rights group said Tuesday it has identified hundreds of spots where witnesses claim North Korea carried out public ...
George Ryan
June 11, 2019
Death-penalty trial panned in state that ended punishment
A perplexed prospective juror at the trial of a former graduate student charged with kidnapping and killing a University of ...
June 04, 2019
Jury selection begins at trial of Chinese scholar's slaying
A federal judge began vetting would-be jurors Monday in the death-penalty trial of a former University of Illinois physics ...
May 30, 2019
New Hampshire repeals death penalty as Senate overrides veto
New Hampshire, which hasn't executed anyone in 80 years and has only one inmate on death row, on Thursday became the latest ...
Supreme Court
May 13, 2019
High court bickering over death cases, weeks after decisions
The Supreme Court shined an unusual light Monday on its internal squabbling over the death penalty, with the justices making ...
May 10, 2019
Texas House OKs death penalty ban for severely mentally ill
The nation's busiest death-penalty state would stop executing inmates who are severely mentally ill under legislation the ...
May 06, 2019
Brunei death penalty moratorium applied to new Shariah laws
Brunei's sultan has said a moratorium on capital punishment is in effect for new Shariah criminal laws including stoning ...
April 30, 2019
Texas stops sharing death row inmate's final statements
Texas prison officials on Tuesday abruptly halted the practice of sharing death row inmate's final written statements after ...
Leslie Rutledge
April 20, 2019
Arkansas faces new court fight over sedative for executions
A federal lawsuit filed by death row inmates has renewed a court fight over whether the sedative Arkansas uses for lethal ...
April 17, 2019
Trump, death penalty, immigration mark Newsom's 1st 100 days
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has kept up a frenetic pace in his first 100 days, jousting with President Donald Trump, ...
April 12, 2019
Texas' high court keeps execution drug supplier secret
A supplier of Texas' execution drugs can remain secret under a court ruling Friday that upheld risks of "physical harm" to ...
April 12, 2019
The Latest: Quito arrest part of Assange probe
The Latest on the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London (all times local): 5 a.m. Friends of a Swedish ...
April 12, 2019
Police again step in as Texas lawmaker halts abortion bill
A Texas sheriff's department said Thursday it had "security concerns" over social media posts targeting a Republican ...
Joseph James DeAngelo, Diane Howard
April 11, 2019
California seeks death penalty in 'Golden State Killer' case
California prosecutors announced Wednesday they will seek the death penalty if they convict the man suspected of being the ...
April 04, 2019
Arkansas lawmakers vote to expand execution drug secrecy
Arkansas lawmakers sent the governor legislation Wednesday to expand the secrecy surrounding the source of the state's lethal ...
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