Texas Set to Execute 500th Prisoner
A milestone that probably won't result in a party
Death Penalty
Nigeria Executes First Prisoners Since 2006
There are an estimated prisoners 1,000 on death row
Oregon Court Upholds Governor's Right to Deny Prisoner's Wish to Be Executed
Governor has stopped all executions while in office
Slow Pace of Executions Moves States To Dump or Reform Death Penalty
Some are "streamlining" appeals to fast-track state killings
Former Teen Death Row Inmate Released From Prison
Paula Cooper was 15 when she and several other girls murdered a bible teacher
Calif. Serial Killer Known as the 'Night Stalker' Has Died
Richard Ramirez convicted of 13 murders that took place in the '80s
Egypt Sentences 74-Year-Old Briton to Death for Smuggling Marijuana
They need to mellow out
Supreme Court Orders Six Texas Death Penalty Cases Reviewed
Over possible inadequate representation
China's Highest Court Says No Mercy Will Be Shown to Child Molesters
One teacher sentenced to death
Jodi Arias: Death Sentence Would Be Revenge, Not Justice
Convicted of murdering her boyfriend
Prosecutors in Colorado Theater Shooting Case List 3,500 Potential Witnesses
Seeking the death penalty for James Holmes
Mississippi Inmate's Execution Indefinitely Delayed
State supreme court intervenes in case with evidence issues
Attorneys for Death Row Inmate Due for Execution Today Want DNA Testing
Willie Jerome Manning maintains his innocence
22 Dead in Protests in Bangladesh Demanding Death Penalty for Blasphemy
Islamic extremists upset government's said country governed by liberal, secular laws
Child Rapist Steve Smith Executed in Ohio
Argued he never meant to hurt six-month-old he raped
Seventy Percent of Americans Favor Death Penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
According to Washington Post/ABC News poll
Defense Attorneys in Boston Bombing Case Eyeing Deal to Avoid Death Penalty
Suspect may agree to cooperate in exchange for a life sentence
Florida Legislature Approves Speeding Up of Executions
It's not like guys on Death Row are regularly being found to be innocent or anything
Indonesian Court Upholds Death Sentence for British Grandmother Convicted of Drug Smuggling
Found guilty of smuggling $2.5 million worth of cocaine
Why Prosecutors Should Push for Life in Prison--Not the Death Penalty--for James Holmes
The Illusory Value of the Death Penalty
Condemned Child Killer Wants Mercy, Says He Intended to Rape, Not Kill, Six Month Old
His attorneys argue he was too drunk to tell he was killing her; want death sentence commuted
Judge Rules Records on Lethal Injection Drug in Arkansas Exempt from FOIA
Communication between the DoC and the company supplying the drugs not subject to FOIA
Judge Rejects Fort Hood Shooter's Guilty Plea
Army rules prohibit a guilty plea for charges carrying the death penalty
Death Penalty Upheld in India for Mastermind of 1993 Mumbai Attacks, Overturned for Other Participants
Believed to be in Pakistan
Coloradan Legislators to Hear Testimony For Bill That Would Abolish the Death Penalty
Attempt to repeal the death penalty failed in 2009 by one vote
Maryland General Assembly Expected to Pass Death Penalty Abolition Bill
Would make life without parole the toughest sentence in the state
Outcome Uncertain for Inmates Waiting on Maryland Death Penalty Ban
Condemned prisoners might still be snuffed
Minors Can Still be Executed by Firing Squad in Yemen
One of four countries that still executes children
Execution Stayed in Arizona
Upheld by the Supreme Court because the defense never argued mental illness as a reason for not executing Edward Harold Schad
Georgia Court Upholds Death Penalty Case
Man faces execution for murder of gas station manager
44 Dead in Bangladesh After Islamic Leader Given Death Sentence
Clashes began after Delawar Hossain Sayeedi was sentenced to die for crimes committed during war fro independence
