Vladimir Gundyayev, Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), amid the discussion in Russia about lifting the moratorium on the death penalty, stated that the ROC does not condemn this ...
The resolution passed the House of Delegates relatively early in the most recent regular session, Feb. 15, without the inclusion of any line about capital punishment. But the matter lingered a ...
The scheduled execution of a death row inmate whose case has drawn widespread scrutiny was halted by the Texas Supreme Court late Thursday night as doubts linger over whether his decades-old ...
The scheduled execution of a death row inmate whose case has drawn widespread scrutiny was halted by the Texas Supreme Court late Thursday night as doubts linger over whether his decades-old criminal ...
For Dubliner Norman Croke (76), every one of his schooldays, from 1954 to 1961, started with waiting to be beaten. “The first thing in the morning from the teacher was: ‘Hands up who didn’t ...
After the top court finalized his death penalty in 1980, Hideko Hakamada noticed changes in her brother. He expressed fear and anger at being falsely accused. “When I go to sleep in a soundless ...
we'll start with the old questions that often come up in death penalty cases that thrust Texas into the national spotlight. If there are legitimate concerns about a possibly innocent person being ...
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Bryan Stevenson, the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, about the death penalty cases that have come under scrutiny this year.
A quote from the order that removed the stay ... It's significant to me that seven states have abolished the death penalty since 2011. No one is suggesting that victimization or violence is ...