In recent times there has been much talk about capital punishment and whether it has or can make a difference in reducing crime. I will attempt to answer the question ...

Yes, capital punishment is a deterrent to crime — at least for those who have committed murder. The death penalty is a sure guarantee that they will not live to take another innocent life.

“This is actually true: There’s now two kinds of dinner parties in Silicon Valley—they fractured cleanly in half,” Andreessen ...

The death row prisoner argued that it would be cruel and unusual punishment to try to execute him again after a failed attempt.

The Supreme Court of Florida permanently disbarred a Miami attorney for issuing a false financial statement after allegedly ...

The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled that a second attempt to execute a death row inmate would not violate his Eighth Amendment ...

Human rights organization Hengaw reported that the Islamic Republic has executed an Afghan prisoner on charges of murder in Shiraz Central Prison. The organization added that the number of Afghan ...

PHOENIX -- Executions will resume in Arizona following a two-year pause, the state's top prosecutor says.

In the chaos of protests that turned Pakistan's capital into a battleground, a new figurehead has emerged: Bushra Bibi, the ...

New Ohio law restricts transgender students’ access to school restrooms, 'bathroom bill' sparks outcry Ohio Governor Mike DeWine recently signed the "Protect All Students Act," effectively ...

November 28, 2024 • In an episode we first posted in January, we go to the West African country of Ghana. The Ghanaian government began encouraging people of African descent from around the ...

Nov. 13, 2024 — Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood despite a ...