The order directs the U.S. attorney general to actively pursue the death penalty in federal cases, particularly for murders ...

One of the executive orders issued by President Donald Trump amid the flurry of actions on his first day in office yesterday ...

The West Bengal government on Tuesday moved the Calcutta High Court seeking death penalty of convict Sanjoy Roy in the RG Kar hospital doctor’s rape and murder case, challenging the order of the trial ...

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee noted that had the Aparajita Bill come into effect, the death penalty would have been assured ...

Trump falsely claimed that restoring the federal death penalty was necessary in order to deter violent crimes.

President Trump has signed a sweeping execution order on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take all ...

President Donald Trump is ordering his attorney general to dramatically reverse Biden-era death penalty policy by seeking ...

This sentence brings to memory Kerala's last execution, which took place in 1991 when ‘Ripper’ Chandran was hanged for a ...

Expressing 'dissatisfaction' over a Kolkata court awarding life imprisonment to the convict in the RG Kar hospital case, West ...

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I have not seen much press about President Trump's order concerning the death penalty. But several provisions could prove to be quite significant. First, ...