Death Penalty

Brad Sigmon chose the method, which was legalized in the state in 2021, over lethal injection

Robert Leslie Roberson is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Thursday, despite overwhelming evidence suggesting he was wrongfully convicted in the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter Nikki. At the time, investigators focused on shaken baby syndrome, but in...

Justices authorize lethal injection, firing squad, and electric chair after a decade-long pause

The ethics of this practice and what it reveals about people have long been debated

For the first time in the state, a capital punishment case will utilize nitrogen hypoxia

African filmmaker says, “we should all feel very ashamed about as a continent"

Ieri, il premier Giuseppe Conte, in un discorso pre-registrato di 20 minuti, al dibattito generale della 75a Assemblea generale delle Nazioni Unite e introdotto dall'ambasciatrice Mariangela Zappia, ha raccontato di come “un nemico invisibile” ha messo in ginocchio l'Italia e di...

Secondo i dati del Segretario Generale, nel 2016, le esecuzioni sono scese del 37% rispetto al 2015. “Oggi, solo quattro paesi sono responsabili dell’87% di tutte le esecuzioni registrate”, ha dichiarato Guterres. Ma non basta: per Amnesty International sono ancora...

Having received the support of the United Nations, Erdogan's government is cautioned by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein to show restraint and respect democracy. However, what is there left to defend after Turkish freedom of...