The action comes on the heels of the first U.S. execution by firing squad in nearly 15 years last week in South Carolina.

A New Orleans-area group decries the state’s efforts to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates because, members say, ...

A Texas appeals court on Tuesday halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set ...

Chief District Judge Shelly Dick's ruling came a week before Jessie Hoffman was set to be executed by nitrogen gas at the Louisiana State Penitentiary.

Minutes apart, courts in the neighboring states of Louisiana and Texas each stopped upcoming executions, one on Thursday and ...

Inmate Brad Sigmon chose death by firing squad, saying he has concerns about the drugs used in lethal injections.

MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation arrested a suspect for sexual trafficking and rescued six victims, including three minors, during an entrapment operation in Batangas ...

Feb 27 (Reuters) - Cypriot authorities were guilty of bias and victim-blaming in failing to investigate a British teenager's gang-rape allegation against Israeli tourists in 2019, the European ...

A rape victim has slammed the police's decision to start trialling the use of AI to transcribe victim impact statements. Hertfordshire Constabulary has piloted the use of Anathem Digital Assistant ...